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Here is a link to a very informative guide from the Mayo Clinic:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/HQ00316

Here is a page from the CDC with printable brochures and posters:

http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/extremeheat/materials.html

Here are very concise photos with the symptoms, and the suggested first aid for heat cramps, heat exaustion and heat stroke from a consumer health website, Skinsight.com:

http://www.skinsight.com/firstaid/firstAidHeatstroke.htm

http://www.skinsight.com/firstaid/firstAidHeatExhaustion.htm

http://www.skinsight.com/firstaid/firstAidHeatCramps.htm

Here is information from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association about heat safety, and several other topics:

http://www.nchsaa.org/pages/464/health-safety-sports-medicine/

Last, here is information from the National Athletic Trainers Association specifically for coaches, with a chart of reccommended activity levels dependent on the temperature and the humidity:

http://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/Heat-Illness-Parent-Coach-Guide.pdf

Please let us know if we can help further!

Cynthia