Of course it had to happen. With heatwaves across parts of Europe, we thought a podcast episode on dealing with heat while hiking would be a good idea. Then it started raining.

However, it’s still an important subject. The numbers of people ending up in the hospital with sunstroke is on the rise.

So, this week, we’re talking about hiking while hot – what to do, what not to do, the signs and symptoms of heatstroke, and much more.

To do that, we’re joined by Dr. Cheyenne Falat, the assistant medical director of the Adult Emergency Department at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, the academic flagship hospital for the University of Maryland Medical Center. She is also an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

A practicing emergency department physician ...