OK, so this has nothing to do with health communication or physician-patient relationships, but this NYT Health blog was just interesting. It turns out that heatstroke may impair cognitive function. Which means, if you ask someone who you think is suffering from heatstroke if he is OK, he will probably say he is fine. Denial may be a symptom of a larger problem.
You can find the article here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/a-common-symptom-of-heat-illness-denial/.
So if you think your weekend warrior is suffering from heatstroke, don't ask questions, just take charge and cool them off immediately.
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