Safety
How to Manage Occupational Heat-Related Illnesses
Read this list of the top five heat-related illnesses in construction, including how to avoid them if you can and resolve them if you can't.
By Deepa Rajakrishnan
May 17, 2023
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Safety
by Deepa Rajakrishnan
Deepa Rajakrishnan, MD, MBA, is a physician and director of medical operations at Concentra. She oversees more than 30 clinicians to ensure quality care at Concentra medical centers in north Texas. She is board-certified in family medicine and specializes in occupational medicine and urgent care. As a member of Concentra’s Regulatory Testing and Exams Medical Expert Panel, Dr. Rajakrishnan helps ensure accuracy and efficiency of regulated and non-regulated exams across all Concentra medical centers.
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