How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness in Children 
Steps, tips and overall warnings. From eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/ehow/ehow.jsp?id=7177MedlinePlus: Heat Illness
Resources and fact sheets for dealing with heat related illnesses.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heatillness.html
HowStuffWorks: How Heat Stroke Works
Brief narrative explains the cause, effect and treatment of heat stroke.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question699.htm
Heat-Related Illness
Tips for staying safe in warm weather, and how to recognize and care for different stages of heat injuries. Includes a glossary of related terms. From the American Red Cross.
http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/heat.html
Dehydration and Heat Stroke
Presents the causes, symptoms, and prevention, from the University of Maryland Medicine.
http://www.umm.edu/non_trauma/dehyrat.htm
Heat Stroke, Dehydration and Prevention - Cooler Heads Prevail
Uses the story of three hikers to illustrate what can go wrong in the heat. Stresses drinking water and electrolytes. From the GORP Trail Survival Guide.
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/ics/hea_medb.htm
eMedicine Health - Heat Cramps
Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6186-1.asp
Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke
Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment on heat related illness. Presented by eMedicine Health.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6209-1.asp
Dehydration
Information on dehydration and heat-related illness, presented by Survive Outdoors, Inc.
http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/dehydration.asp
Fact Sheet: Extreme Heat
Ways to keep people and buildings cool during a heat wave. From the US Federal Emergence Management Agency (FEMA).
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/heat/
Extreme Heat
Identifies people most at risk, explains how to stay healthy in hot weather, and lists symptoms and treatment of problems such as heat stroke, heat rash, and sunburns. From the US National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH).
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/
Heat Safety
What to do when a heat wave strikes. Heat related illnesses and symptoms. The heat index section and its effects is especially important for high risk individuals. From the National Weather Service.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/heat.htm
Dead Heat - Why Don't Americans Sweat Over Heat-Wave Deaths?
Raises the question of why more attention is not paid to these preventable deaths. [Slate]
http://slate.com/id/2068612/
