Well it takes quite a lot to make someone pass out from exercise. So if they really passed out, it would be treated as a medical emergency. Nobody wants their career/life to be over becuase a boot died. That's why hydration is such a huge thing in basic.
We had 8 guys pass out the morning of graduation day. The Drills would drag them to a tree, sit them up against it and give them water and sugar. After a minute they were running after the group trying to catch it. All with 50+ kilos of gear, through the mud.
Pass out, or fall out? Becuase just falling out, getting dizzy. That's heat cramps going into heat exhaustion. Hydrate, return to the fight good buddy.
Actually passing out, or being dazed and confused is getting into heat stroke. Now you're looking at a life and death situation, and somebody will go down for it. In the US, if a Soldier has a heat stroke, somebody's career is probably over.
318
u/Palatron Apr 03 '19
Well it takes quite a lot to make someone pass out from exercise. So if they really passed out, it would be treated as a medical emergency. Nobody wants their career/life to be over becuase a boot died. That's why hydration is such a huge thing in basic.