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From body bags of ice to pavement burn: US grapples with new extreme heat reality

From body bags of ice to pavement burn: US grapples with new extreme heat
reality. As unrelenting, record-breaking temperatures continue across many
states, pressure is mounting on US healthcare systems due to an increasing
number of people in heat distress coming through their doors.

In the Southwest, doctors are relying on tried-and-tested measures such as body
bags packed with ice to quickly bring down dangerously high body
temperatures. Doctors at Memorial Hermann Medical Center in Houston, Texas,
told The Independent that there has been an increase in the number of
patients presenting with heat-related illnesses including heat stroke,
which can be potentially fatal if not treated rapidly.

 Independent 22nd July 2023

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/heatwave-arizona-texas-deaths-burns-b2378285.html

July 24, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, health, USA