According to @ Xiaoyang Video news: Recently, a middle-aged man in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, had a body temperature of nearly 42 ° C after heat stroke, and finally died of ineffective rescue. Medical staff suggest that when there is a symptom of heat stroke in the summer, you should quickly leave the high temperature environment to rest in a cool and ventilated place and drink more light salt water.
Yang Guohua, deputy chief physician of the First People's Hospital of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, said: "When he was admitted to the hospital, he was given a temperature of nearly 42 degrees Celsius, with a heartbeat of 139 times per minute and a breath of 28 times per minute. ”
What exactly does heat stroke look like? What should I do if I have heat stroke?
Heat stroke refers to the human body in a high temperature environment, exposed to the sun for too long, lose the function of regulating body temperature, resulting in heat exhaustion or heat fainting. And heat stroke is also heavy, the light is called heat exhaustion, and the heavy is called hot fainting.
Heat exhaustion is mild heat stroke, symptoms include general fatigue, lack of energy, nausea and vomiting, while the body will sweat a lot, the body temperature will be slightly increased, but not more than 40 degrees Celsius.
Hot fainting is fainting, which is a more dangerous acute illness. By this time, the body's thermoregulation center has been destroyed, and the body temperature will continue to rise and rise again, possibly exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, and the clinical accompanying symptoms include unconsciousness, becoming drowsy or even awake; it may also be accompanied by rhabdomyolysis, or symptoms of multiple organ failure. Therefore, once there is a case of fever fainting, it is necessary to send it to the hospital quickly.
If I have heat stroke, how to give first aid?
Heat stroke can be big or small, and every year there are people who die of heat stroke, especially the elderly with poor physique. So, heat protection first aid has to learn!
If you are exposed to the sun for a long time in a high temperature environment and begin to have uncomfortable symptoms, first move to shady places such as shade and indoors.
If you speak normally and your consciousness is not lost, you should quickly drink some low-concentration salt water, or buy some sports drinks and drink them after mixing with water to avoid dehydration.
If there is no way to speak normally, it is severe heat stroke, and the body temperature should be quickly lowered at this time.
The first step is to go to a cooler place as soon as possible and take off the unwanted clothes and things that can cause fever on the patient;
Next, wet the body with water to help evaporate cool down.
Then use an ice bag or cold towel to ice the neck, armpits and groin. These three places are closer to the body center and are several large areas that can help dissipate heat in the body. Then make an emergency call and take you to the hospital.
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