@BegoniaArizona #heatwave #death #heatstroke #heatillness

TheOnion: Texas Cancels School Over Concerns Extreme Heat Not Safe Environment For Shootings https://www.theonion.com/texas-cancels-school-over-concerns-extreme-heat-not-saf-1850775039?utm_source=regular #heatingventilationandairconditioning #theresawilliams #schoolshooting #massshooting #temperatures #gunviolence #hvacsystems #massmurder #heatstroke #education #plano

There was a visible relief when I said I was going down the way they wanted to come up. ‘The short way’.

The dad was getting cramps in his thighs & knees. I fed him electrolytes, gave him 1 walking stick for his one hand.

We double checked where they had parked & set off. Slowly downwards.

No rush, plenty of rest & water stops, we got them down safely. While at the car a paraglider flew over. 🧵3

#HungryHill #BéaraWay #WestCork #HeatStroke #Dehydration #Cramps #Paraglider #MountainSafety

#optimum #temperature #health #heatstroke

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/17/heat-stress-heatstroke-temperatures?utm_term=64ded0a4eefe4a7032082ecd71970d30&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email

In #Arizona, doctors say they're seeing people who were burned by touching hot pavement. And they're treating #heatstroke by dunking patients in body bags full of ice.

By the end of this #summer, experts expect extreme #heat waves will lead to thousands of deaths in the U.S.

https://www.eenews.net/articles/death-tolls-mount-in-the-summer-of-heat/

As someone that works outside in high heat, I'm very aware of the dangers of heat stroke. Fortunately, I determine my own safety and preparedness when it comes to protecting myself, but what about businesses that only respond to legislation and threats of fines?

I'm sure it's not only the US that is struggling with this question...

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0803/As-extreme-heat-rises-so-do-concerns-for-worker-safety

#WorkerSafety #HeatStroke #AgriculturalWorkers #SummerHeat #HeatWaves #HeatWaveSafety #ExtremeHeat #Agriculture

#heatstroke

"The Heat Will Kill You First" by Jeff Goodell

"On a hot day, the road to heatstroke looks like this: As soon as you step outside, your blood grows warmer, heated by the sun’s radiation and your own rising metabolism. Keeping your core body temperature at around 98 degrees—the happy place for humans—now requires work. Receptors in the preoptic area of your brain’s hypothalamus start to fire, telling your circulatory system to push more blood toward your skin, where the heat can be dissipated. Your sweat glands begin to pump salty liquid from a tiny reservoir at the base of the gland up to the surface of your skin. You sweat. As the sweat evaporates, the heat is carried away.

But the amount of heat your body can dissipate through sweat is limited. Your blood vessels dilate, trying to move as much overheated blood to the surface as possible. But if you don’t find a place to cool off, your core body temperature will rise quickly. And the harder you are working your muscles, the faster it will rise. Your heart pumps madly, trying to push as much blood as possible to your skin to cool off, but it can’t keep up. As your blood is shunted away from your core, your internal organs—your liver, your kidneys, your brain—become starved for blood and the oxygen it carries. You feel light-headed. Your vision dims and narrows. As your core body temperature rises to 101 degrees, 102 degrees, 103 degrees, you feel wobbly—and due to the falling blood pressure in your brain, you will likely pass out. This is in fact an involuntary survival mechanism, a way for your brain to get your body horizontal and get some blood to your head.

At this point, if you get help and can cool down quickly, you can recover with little permanent damage.

But if you fall onto the ground in a place that is exposed to the sun and lie there, the dangers increase. It’s like falling into a hot frying pan. Ground temperatures can be twenty to thirty degrees above air temperature. Your heart becomes desperate to circulate blood and find a way to cool down. But the faster your heart beats, the more your metabolism increases, which generates more heat, which causes your heart to beat even faster. It’s a lethal feedback loop: As your internal temperature rises, rather than cranking up your air conditioner, your body fires up your furnace. If you have a weak heart, that might be the end for you.

At a body temperature of 105 to 106 degrees, your limbs are convulsed by seizures. At 107 and above, your cells themselves literally begin to break down or “denature.” Cell membranes—the thin lipid walls that protect the inner workings of your cells—literally melt. Inside your cells, the proteins essential to life—the ones that extract energy from food or sunlight, fend off invaders, destroy waste products, and so on—often have beautifully precise shapes. The proteins start as long strands, then fold into helixes, hairpins, and other configurations, as dictated by the sequence of their components. These shapes define the function of proteins. But as the heat rises, the proteins unfold and the bonds that keep the structures together break: first the weaker ones, and then, as the temperature mounts, the stronger ones. At the most fundamental level, your body unravels.

At this point, no matter how strong or healthy you may be, your odds of survival are slim. The tiny tubes in your kidneys that filter out waste and impurities in your blood are collapsing. Muscle tissues are disintegrating. You develop holes in your intestines, and nasty toxins from your digestive tract flow into your bloodstream. Amid all this chaos, your circulatory system responds by clotting your blood, cutting off its flow to vital organs. This triggers what doctors call a clotting cascade, which uses up all the clotting proteins in your blood and, paradoxically, leaves you free to bleed elsewhere. Your insides melt and disintegrate—you are hemorrhaging everywhere."

A 66-year-old Texas man whose body was found in Arches National Park is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes, according to his sister. #Arches #NationalPark #death #heatwave #heatstroke https://kutv.com/news/local/texas-man-on-trip-to-spread-fathers-ashes-dies-of-heat-stroke-in-utahs-arches-national-park

Workplace safety good, climate action better

#heatwave #heatstroke #workersafety #climatechange #climateaction #globalwarming #work #employers #employees #voting #voters #elections2024

https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2023/heat-related-illness-workplace-prevention/780361

Workplace safety good, climate action better

#heatwave #heatstroke #workersafety #climatechange #climateaction #globalwarming #work #employers #employees #voting #voters #elections2024

https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2023/heat-related-illness-workplace-prevention/780361

"The medical examiner in Phoenix has reported 25 heat-related deaths this year, and said it is also investigating an additional 249 deaths for ties to heat. There were a record-breaking 425 heat-related deaths last year across Maricopa County." #heatstroke #heatwave #AZwx

heartbreaking

Eight dogs on way to K9 training facility die from heat-related illness after truck's AC unit fails

The police described the scene as chaotic, adding that it "took an emotional toll on all that were involved in trying to save as many canines as possible."

#climate #heatstroke

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eight-dogs-way-k9-training-facility-die-heat-related-illness-trucks-ac-rcna97077

In the context of the current #extremeweather in the northern hemisphere, would it be a little too on the nose for me to point out that, on an individual level, by the time you realize you're suffering from #heatstroke it's too late?

Humans evolved to survive in a pretty narrow temperature range. When the body exceeds that range, it starts to shut down. Death can follow quickly, sometimes horrifically. The writer wishes she understood this better when she took a fateful hike recently on a hot summer day. Find out what she’s since learned reporting on the science of #heatstroke and #heatexhaustion, and what you need to know about this deadly force of nature. https://medium.com/wise-well/why-extreme-heat-kills-so-quickly-5318f31248dd

Family of #Texas worker who died in 2022 of #heatstroke sues employer, who had accused the worker of being on drugs--when he was actually dying of heatstroke. #jobs #labor #weather #HeatIllness #heat #heatwaves https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/texas-construction-worker-death-lawsuit-greg-abbott

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/texas-construction-worker-death-lawsuit-greg-abbott

Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

#fascismkills #negligentemployer #protectedexploitation #noOSHA #heatstroke #BCommConstructors #SanAntonio #GregAbbott #SocialMurder #StructuralViolence #impunity

A good rundown on how doctors are planning to handle increasing #heatwaves and #HeatIllness (one: have body bags pre-prepped so you can stuff live patients in there with bags of ice for rapid cooldown to prevent #heatstroke) https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/18/doctors-prepare-for-extreme-heat-climate-change/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

@exador23 #heatwave #heatstroke #SanDiego

It occurs to me I'm grateful #Venus and #Serena are pretty much through with pro #tennis. #climatechange is gonna cause some poor player to pass out on the court and possibly die.

It will have to be someone who is not a #PoC for anyone to care a famous tennis player died of #heatstroke.

Tragic and important explainer of heat stroke in this time of global warming.
Extreme Heat Will Change the World As We Know It
An excerpt from Jeff Goodell’s new book The Heat Will Kill You First tells the story of Jonathan Gerrish and Ellen Chung, who died on a scalding hike with their one-year-old daughter.

BY JEFF GOODELL @RollingStone https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jeff-goodell-the-heat-will-kill-you-first-excerpt-1234770786/ #GlobalWarming #heatstroke