Extech HeatWatch™ Stopwatch Help High Schools Comply with New NATA Heat-Acclimatization Safety Rules
Extech recommends the Extech HeatWatch™ stopwatch with Heat Index alarm as a key tool for high schools scrambling to comply with the National Athletic Trainers' Association's (NATA) just-released guidelines for "Preseason Heat-Acclimatization" for high school student athletes.
Waltham, MA (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 22, 2009 -- Extech Instruments, a subsidiary of FLIR Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: FLIR) recommends the Extech HeatWatch™ stopwatch with Heat Index alarm as a key tool for high schools scrambling to comply with the National Athletic Trainers' Association's (NATA) just-released guidelines for "Preseason Heat-Acclimatization" for high school student athletes.
Extech HeatWatch Alerts You to Heatstroke Hazards
According to the Annual Survey of Football Injury Research, cited in a June 18, 2009 USA Today report, "Twenty-nine prep football players have died from heat-related illnesses since 1995…" The story also reported that in 2008 alone, "there were four-heatstroke deaths at the high school level and two at the college level…"
The new NATA heat acclimatization guidelines offer a first-ever unified policy for high schools across the country to gradually increase pre-season practice during hazy, hot and humid summer weather by introducing a 14-day incremental schedule to reduce heat-related athletic injuries due to poor air quality. For complete details, visit www.nata.org
Monitoring Heat Index is Critical
As high schools and individual coaches evaluate policies related to heat hazards during athletic practice, the Extech HeatWatch™ (model HW30) provides added insights when critical decisions to cease practicing need to be made. The HeatWatch™ is a full-function digital stopwatch with an exclusive, patent-pending Heat Index alarm that factors temperature and humidity together to alert high school athletes and coaches when poor air quality can put them at risk for heat cramps or heat stroke.
Heat Index is a well-accepted standard measurement to indicate how humidity can affect how hot weather really feels. The HeatWatch™'s Heat Index alarm is user-programmable so that coaches and trainers can use it to implement policies with standardized temperatures at which athletic activity should be stopped for health reasons.
The HeatWatch™ is a Must-Have for Coaches and Trainers
Recommended by the National Health & Wellness Club, the exclusive Extech HeatWatch™ continues to receive high praise in health and wellness product tests. Customers from a variety of athletic backgrounds comment about the HW30, referring to the prevention of heat stroke and other medical problems. In addition to high school student athletes, the HeatWatch™ can be a lifesaver by alerting the daily jogger, the triathlete, or any person susceptible to health problems to dangerous conditions. One customer commented, "Every coach and trainer should have one—many deaths can be prevented."
The affordable HeatWatch™ looks like an ordinary stopwatch and is easy to use. In addition to simultaneously displaying temperature, humidity and heat index, it provides accurate stopwatch timing to 1/100th of a second. Other features include: Fastest/Slowest/Average Lap recall; a 99-lap counter with 30 lap/split memory; and a 10-hour countdown timer with audible beeper warning for the last 5 seconds. The HW30's clock displays in a 12- or 24-hour format, with a calendar mode displaying day, month and date. For official events and time-keeping, the HeatWatch™'s stopwatch functions can be calibrated with a certificate of calibration traceable to N.I.S.T. The HW30 comes complete with a 39" (1m) lanyard and one 3V CR2032 battery.
How to Order:
The Extech HeatWatch is available at popular distributor retailers found here: http://distributor.extech.com. To shop online retailers, search "Extech HW30" using Google's Product Search: www.google.com/products. Visit www.extech.com/instruments for additional product details and specifications.
About Extech Instruments, a FLIR Company
Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, Extech Instruments is one of the largest suppliers of test and measurement equipment worldwide. Founded in 1971, Extech is known for its depth and breadth of products and its innovation in providing instruments with unique combinations of features that make them highly useful and very convenient. All Extech meters are distributed worldwide through leading representatives, distributors and OEMs. The company is ISO 9001 2000 certified and is a wholly owned subsidiary of FLIR Systems, Inc.
Product Images: Web-resolution images are available on product pages at www.extech.com/instruments. Click here for high-resolution product images: http://www.extech.com/instruments/resources/pr/attachments/07102007.zip
Contact:
André Rebelo
Global PR Manager
Extech Instruments
781-434-3901
andre.rebelo(at)extech.com
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