With summer weather settling over the region and temperatures in the mid to high 20s, the risk of sunstroke is much higher.

    Doctor Khami Chokani, Medical Health Officer with the Cypress Health Region, says someone with sunstroke will display certain symptoms, such as faintness and excessive sweating.

    If someone displays those symptoms, they must be cooled off immediately. Chokani recommends putting the affected person in a cool room with plenty of air circulation. Also, he urges that you should not give someone suffering sunstroke ice or dunk the person into ice water, as it would put the individual into shock.

    Chokani adds it is important to drink water regularly outside in the heat to replenish and maintain your body's fluid balance.