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Is it true you should not give drinks in heatstroke?

In someone with reduced consciousness or vomiting, oral fluids are unsafe because of aspiration risk, and priority is rapid cooling and 999; in milder heat exhaustion, small sips of cool water or oral rehydration are appropriate.

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