If I pass out from heat at work

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If I pass out from heat at work how bad is it

I’ll only take this serious if you work in a very physical job or a busy kitchen. Office worker? I’ll laugh

Get back to your beer in the garden.

why would it be heatstroke? She said pass out, it doesn’t always have to be the most dramatic most unlikely thing in mumsnet.

I mean she might’ve had a heart attack, I’m sure we are all aware that requires an ambulance but we don’t assume everyone that passes out has had a heart attack either

Passing out isn’t a normal thing though? It’s pretty significant!

Bus driver - badddd
Desk worker - not so

Even if it is, it's still weird.

Maybe OP will come back to enlighten us...

Bad for who?

I feel a compensation claim coming on 🙄

It’s not, people pass out all the time. Haven’t you ever fainted?

when I was younger I used to faint after a hot bath 😂

With a heatstroke you can end up in a coma very quickly and that can be life threatening. It's not being dramatic. Passing out from the heat is very very serious indeed.

Never. It’s not normal to faint!

Do you know what % of people who get heatstroke end up in a coma? 🤔

@itchyelbowsandswollenankles i didn’t say it was normal I said it wasn’t unusual. It’s rarely serious though

It doesn't always need to be dramatic- there are many instances in which it's not serious- but passing out from the heat really is bad.

I’ve never fainted, am I missing out?

there was a chance of me fainting due to blood pressure for a while. I was advised not to take the tube because if I fainted they would just wait till the next station and roll me out onto the platform.

Thankfully I never found out if this was true or not

I mean I guess what else could they do if they were in a tunnel? 🤣

I would call an ambulance for someone who has passed out without a second thought! You have no idea whether someone has a heart condition. They might not know that they have a heart condition!

Don't listen to me, listen to NHS advice: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heat-exhaustion-heatstroke/
Loss of consciousness is one of the worrying signs warranting emergency response.

People confuse heat exhaustion and heatstroke. One is horrible and manageable, one is absolutely a medical emergency.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heat-exhaustion-heatstroke/

That’s for heat stroke. You have no idea whether OP has heat stroke, or is faint because she’s hot- they’re not the same thing

LOL x-posted!

True, rather a platform than a tunnel! They would just want you off the tube as quickly as possible so they could be on their way

which is why I'd say they need medics to assess them, not MN posters who are not with them!

How bad is what? Not nice if you hit your head on the way down I suppose 🤷‍♀️

Oh come on. The nhs clearly says there is no need to call an ambulance when someone. Faints. It’s minor (unless there are other serious symptoms of course)

What do you mean?

How bad is fainting?

Or how bad is it to faint at work?

What work do you do?

If you're a surgeon, airline pilot or lorry driver, I'd say pretty bad.

If you work in accounts, probably not quite so much.