Society guideline links: Heat illness in children

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Exertional heat illness".)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on global climate change and health in Canadian children (2019)

●Health Canada: Extreme heat events guidelines – Technical guide for health care workers (2011)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on climatic heat stress and exercising children and adolescents (2011, reaffirmed 2025)

●AAP: Policy statement on climate change and children's health – Building a healthy future for every child (2024)

●AAP: Technical report on climate change and children's health – Building a healthy future for every child (2024)

●Wilderness Medical Society (WMS): Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of heat illness, update (2024)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on fluid replacement for the physically active (2017)

●NATA: Preseason heat-acclimatization guidelines for secondary school athletics (2009)

Europe