ACPS is committed to safe practice and provides Heat Management Guidelines to ensure that on an annual basis administrators, athletic directors, athletic trainers, coaches, volunteers, student athletes and their parents are educated about heat illness.
ACPS recognizes that Heat Related Illness (HRI) is a spectrum of disorders due to environmental exposure to heat. The three main types of HRI are heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. HRI may lead to death if not properly diagnosed and treated. Catastrophic heat related injuries are preventable.
