Heat Exhaustion Warning: Be Safe in This Heat!!

Hi, folks.
A bit of a read today, as I recover from the touch of Heat Exhaustion from working my garden this morning.

We received some new tools today, tools that were desperately needed for the proper cultivation and tilling of our garden beds -- garden hoes, bow rakes, more hard rakes and shovels, hand spades... Now more of us can do more work without waiting for someone to give up on tools. I had an infestation of goosegrass trying to waddle its way across my plant bed, along with spurge and a few other weeds, and only so much time to work in. Instead of trying to tackle it all with the hand tools, which was moving way too slowly, I acquired a garden hoe and a hard rake, brought them to my plot, and diligently worked my way around over half the bed nearest my lovely cucumber buddies.

I wished I had a scuffle hoe for this, because it would likely have made some of the work easier, but there were only two of those, and they were in great use at the time. Because our garden time is limited, I took to the task with a desperate need to rectify the wildness that had taken over, refusing to stop for more than a couple of minutes to drink from my water tumbler. Now, my bed is in partial shade for the morning, and so am I as a result. I'm wearing a wet cooling towel on my head to help maintain a cooler temperature.

I power through, getting much of my work done, and even turned my miniature compost pit at the end. I was Exhausted! Lockdowns take much of the energy you have away from you; I had gone in full tilt, up from sleep early, water and a cup of decaf in, more water on board, breakfast downed...
And I'm suddenly so dizzy that I needed to let the dormitory's outer wall hold me up. If you remember the snow-like pattern of a television that doesn't get a channel lock (before we went all blue screen)? I was seeing that while the world's spinning.
I had people telling me to go to Medical. I fought that, and they won.
Medical, after checking my glucose to make sure I wasn't bottoming out or riding a spike (it was quite fine, I promise), stuck ice packs all over me to treat for heat exhaustion after realizing I'm outside in Horticulture in the mornings.

I actually need to applaud Blessington staff here for acting quickly on what they were recognizing as heat exhaustion far before I would detect it. Honestly, I thought my issue was having been stuck in the dorm for six days of lockdown, away from the garden having taken away the little bit of strength and energy I had worked up and into.
Now, if only I could acquire a bottle of Powerade Zero (not sold in our store). :)

So in this heat, as much as you can, stay hydrated and stay cool.

p.s.: ice cold water is a bad idea. cool water, tepid water are less likely to shock one's system if suffering from heat exhaustion or worse.