Cool First. Transport Second.

"Death from exertional heat stroke is 100 percent preventable when proper recognition and treatment protocols are implemented..." 

"Cold water immersion is the most effective way to treat a patient with exertional heat stroke..."

"An athlete suffering from exertional heat stroke should always be cooled first (via cold water immersion) before being transported by EMS to an emergency facility..." 

Excerpts from the Executive Summary of National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement on Exertional Heat Illnesses (2014)

Mike and Bill at the NATA Clinical Symposia and AT Expo
this summer in St. Louis, MO. 

The Polar Life Pod® is the only product expressly design for the purpose of cold water immersion... whenever and wherever needed! (Comparison of cooling technologies link)

Watch a Real Time Demonstration 

of the Polar Life Pod®:

The patent pending Polar Life Pod® was designed by Mike Laycox, a licensed athletic trainer, paramedic and former certified emergency room RN with over 30 years of clinical sports medicine, emergency room and EMS experience. 

See what Mike has to say about the Polar Life Pod®: 

Do you have questions about the Polar Life Pod®? 

www.polarlifepod.com 
Contact Mike Mockbee, Senior Product Manager 
E-mail: mike@polarproducts.com

Call: 1.800.763.8423

defibrillator

Just a few short years ago it was highly recommended that schools across the United States have a defibrillator somewhere accessible in the school in case of an emergency for its students.   Though the risk was low of having to use it, the thought was that if it was accessible and was used to save just one life from cardiac issues it was worth the minimal cost to have it in the school building. 

Many schools took heed of having one and even some parents got together and purchased a defibrillator to donate to their school because no one wanted to have to face the day of a ‘what if.’ 

Much like a defibrillator the Polar Life Pod offers the same piece of mind that having a defibrillator provides schools.  For athletes, who are in danger of heat illnesses, the Polar Life Pod offers a portable safety “piece of mind” solution to athletes who could possibly get very ill due to heat exhaustion or a state where the body temperature is over 104 degrees. 

The Polar Life Pod opens to immerse the entire human body covering everything but the face and allows the rapid cooling of the body.  If you would like to learn more about this product please visit www.polarlifepod.com.

Calling All Athletic Trainers

Polar Products provides many different options for coaches, athletic trainers and directors who want to ensure that their athletes can continue to receive outstanding care.

The Coach's Sports Therapy Kit is an essential, on hands kit for commonly injured joints. It includes an item to help every athlete - whether it is for a shoulder, knee or both. This kit can be applied for both cold and heat therapy. Coaches, athletic trainers and directors can help benefit their athletes with all of these items.

Everything included within a Coach's Sports Therapy Kit from Polar Products

The Polar Life Pod™ is another new, innovative way to assist athletes who overheat. Our product is a portable, collapsible immersion system that goes where you go. Ice- or cold-water immersion has proven to be the best, quickest to bring down the body temperature of an overheated athlete and it is recommended to "Cool First, Transport Second" from the University of Connecticut's Korey Stringer Institute. 

The Polar Life Pod™ can help an athlete who it up to 7' tall and weighs up to 400 lbs.

Please visit the NATA website for more information or find them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Don't let the heat slow you down!

Many of us enjoy exercising outside on warm and sunny days, but it's important to remember that extreme heat (or overexerting yourself during hot days) can pose serious health risks. It is important to listen to your body during the heat! Heat exhaustion is a common reaction when the temperature goes up. It can cause dizziness, headaches, body stresses, fainting and cardiac problems.

The following are tips to heed to when preparing for an outdoor workout:

1) First (and most important!), don't forget to drink plenty of fluids well before your workout. Your body is about 60% water so plan accordingly. Drink before, during and after exercise.

Cool Comfort® Performance Half Vest

2) Dressing appropriately is also an important factor, so be sure to wear lightweight clothing so your body can release sweat. If you are exercising for more than an hour, be sure to change wet clothes to allow your body to continue to sweat naturally.

3) Avoid working out directly in the sun.

Take a hike in the woods,
and wear a cooling hat!

4) It's a good idea to take a 10 minute break for each 30 minutes of working out.  If you start to feel dizzy, have a headache, or experience muscle cramps, you should stop, rest, rehydrate and cool down.

Cool Comfort® Performance Vest

5) Cooling the body before, during and after exercise can help mitigate the dangers of overheating. Check out Polar's full line of Cool Comfort® cooling apparel for athletes, and learn more about pre-cooling, post-cooling and cooling after activity.

Improved performance can be an added benefit of pre-cooling!  Check out this article: "Exercising in the heat? Cool down for better performance"

Stay safe and be cool as you workout in the heat!

Polar Life Pod®

Did you know? Ice water immersion is the most effective way to quickly cool an overheated athlete. The Polar Life Pod® is a patent pending, portable, collapsible immersion system to facilitate the rapid cooling of athletes experiencing heat related illness, heat exhaustion, heat stress and heat stroke. Visit www.polarlifepod.com to see a graph showing the effectiveness of various cooling techniques.

See the Polar Life Pod® in action!

Watch a real time demonstration of the Polar Life Pod®, a portable, collapsible immersion system to facilitate the rapid cooling of people experiencing heat-related illnesses:

The patent pending Polar Life Pod® was designed by Mike Laycox, a licensed athletic trainer, paramedic and former certified emergency room RN with over 30 years of clinical sports medicine, emergency room and EMS experience. See what Mike has to say about the Polar Life Pod®: 

Next week Polar is heading to the NATA Clinical Symposia and AT Expo in St. Louis, MO. If you're an athletic trainer attending the show, stop by Booth #2524 and see the Polar Life Pod® firsthand!

Bill, Mike and Mike at the 2014 NATA Expo

Do you have questions about the Polar Life Pod®? 

Contact Mike Mockbee, Senior Product Manager

mike@polarproducts.com

1.800.763.8423

Visit www.polarlifepod.com for more information.