Health and safety officials are urging caution with the dangers of the summer heat.

The Kentucky River District Health Department says it’s important to know the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

According to the health department, symptoms of heat exhaustion include feeling faint or dizzy, excessive sweating, muscle cramps, nausea or vomiting, rapid or weak pulse and skin that becomes cool, pale or clammy. Treatment for heat exhaustion includes moving to a cooler location, drinking water if the person experiencing symptoms is fully conscious and taking a cool shower or using a cold compress.

A heat stroke may require emergency medical attention. According to the health department, symptoms of heat stroke include a throbbing headache, no sweating, skin that is red, hot or dry, a body temperature of 103 degree or higher, a strong and/or rapid pulse and possible loss of consciousness. Those experiencing a heat stroke should get help and call 911 and keep as cool as possible. Anyone with someone experiencing the symptoms of a heat stroke should stay with the victim until help arrives.

The health department is encouraging people to drink plenty of water and to stay as cool as possible in the heat.

The health department is also urging parents to be mindful of children in hot vehicles. According to the health department, one reminder parents can practice is placing a teddy bear up front in their vehicles as a reminder to never leave children in a hot car.

According to the National Safety Council, in 2018, 53 children died in hot cars, making it the deadliest year on record in the past 20 years. Since 1998, more than half of instances of pediatric vehicular heat stroke deaths occurred due to caregivers forgetting a child was in a vehicle. More than 26 percent of those deaths was through gained access by the child and nearly 19 percent resulted from a child being unknowingly left behind in a hot car, the NSC reports.