Predictive Thermal Management
Heat illness prevention and medical direction for industrial employers.
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By Dr. George E. Brown, Jr., M.D.. Reviewed by Dr. Ricky McShane, DO.
Executive white paper
Physician-led heat illness prevention guide
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What is included
Built for field decisions and executive review.
The PDF is formatted for team distribution. The web preview gives leaders a faster way to scan the core framework and companion tools.
Heat readiness model
A leadership framework for planning, observation, field triage, medical direction, and post-event improvement.
Field triage path
A practical sequence for red flags, active cooling, oral-fluid tolerance, and escalation decisions.
Medical direction fact pack
The facts providers need when supervisors call about a worker with heat symptoms or possible heat illness.
Inside the PDF
- Executive summary and executive thesis
- Why heat has become an executive risk
- Heat illness types, WBGT action levels, and the Dual System
- The one-worker principle and acclimatization controls
- Field response, the Gastric Gate, and return-to-work guidance
- Case lens, executive cost lens, and implementation model
Next step
Request a heat response review.
Industrial MD can review your current heat readiness plan, field triage workflow, escalation criteria, and return-to-work process.