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Hottest year ever? How to prevent heat stroke?

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It is said that this summer will be hot to new heights because of the El Niño phenomenon! Recently, Beijing has continued to have high temperatures, setting a historical record of the highest temperature exceeding 40 degrees for 3 consecutive days, and Beijing's tourism market has also heated up sharply with the arrival of summer! The children are on holiday, open the circle of friends and you will find that on a 40-degree day, people climbing the Great Wall in Beijing, people crowding people in Universal Studios, abound.

Here is also to remind everyone, pay attention to heat prevention and cooling! Especially the elderly, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, reduce going out as much as possible in the high temperature season. When you must go out, try to choose early morning and late afternoon, reduce the length of your stay, and be sure to pay attention to hydration.

Hottest year ever? How to prevent heat stroke?

Heat stroke is divided into four stages: aura heat stroke, mild heat stroke, medium heat stroke and severe heat stroke.

Aura heat stroke is mainly manifested as dizziness, fatigue, sweating, thirst, and lack of concentration. Entering the mild heat stroke stage, there will be symptoms such as elevated body temperature and fever, so without intervention, the body temperature will continue to rise, up to 40 to 42 ° C high fever, accompanied by limb twitches, consciousness disorders, then enter the stage of heat stroke and severe heat stroke.

Hottest year ever? How to prevent heat stroke?

The most severe heat stroke is severe heat stroke, that is, heat stroke, usually combined with multiple organ failure, such as untimely rescue, the mortality rate is as high as 70% to 80%, but heat stroke usually does not occur suddenly.

After heat stroke, it should be immediately away from the high temperature environment, but it is not advisable to quickly transfer to an air-conditioned room with a low temperature, and the suitable temperature is 22 to 25 ° C. It is necessary to quickly wipe the skin of the patient's limbs with a cool towel, and when wiping with cold water, pay attention to not being too cold at the beginning. If the patient is conscious, help the patient to drink plenty of fluids to hydrate, preferably with salt. Once the patient has critical symptoms such as impaired consciousness, coma, respiratory failure, etc., he should immediately call 120 and seek medical attention in time.

Hottest year ever? How to prevent heat stroke?

(Editor: Zhang Bochen)