Join us for a webinar on July 12 at 7pm CT:

Beat the Heat: How to help protect your patients from heat illness during the Texas summer

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This presentation will help primary care clinicians identify patient populations at increased risk for heat-related illness and how to educate patients on fundamental heat stress preventive measures specific to their risk. After this webinar, primary care clinicians will better understand how they can partner with their patients to monitor for heat- related illness and associated health effects during the hot Texas summer. Model written materials for clinician and patient education regarding preventing serious heat illness will be provided as part of the presentation.

Attendees will learn:

1. Identify populations at increased risk for heat-related illness (HRI),
2. Understand fundamental methods to prevent HRI,
3. Be ready to monitor for HRI and associated health effects, and
4. Further HRI prevention through patient education.

1 Nursing CE credit will be available for attendees who complete the evaluation and receive at least an 80% on the post-test.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://psr-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hID5HeZRSRqnrhOwaLFkXA

Speaker:

Ronda Brewer McCarthy, MD, MPH, FACOEM is National Medical Director for Concentra’s Medical Surveillance Services , chair of Concentra’s Regulatory, Testing, and Exam Medical Expert Panel and occupational medicine consultant for several worksites in the Central Texas area. Dr. Ronda McCarthy is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center- Houston (MD), Medical College of Wisconsin (MPH), and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (occupational medicine). She is board certified in Occupational Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Relevant experience includes municipal and industrial worksite medical directorship, occupational medicine, urgent care, employee health and wellness programs, return to work and fitness for duty exams, ADA accommodation evaluations and medical surveillance programs for chemical, biologic and physical toxic and hazardous exposures. Areas of interest include: heat stress and heat-related illness prevention programs; respirable crystalline silica; health harms of climate hazards; police, firefighter and hazmat exams; OSHA regulated surveillance and screenings; and occupational medicine epidemiology.