Heat-related illnesses are a serious matter. At Parkland Health’s emergency room, this year’s visits are nearly six times what they were last year.
“We’re definitely seeing a lot more patients coming in with heat-related illnesses than we have in the past,” Metzger said.
Symptoms of heat-related illness run the spectrum, altered mental state or confusion, dizziness, sometimes lightheadedness, and syncope. He said they’re mostly treating the elderly, construction workers and truck drivers and the homeless. The numbers are eye-opening. The number of heat-related visits to the ER ballooned compared to last year. In 2022, they saw 36 people for heat-related complaints. This year since June, they’ve seen 229.
In Tarrant County, 12 deaths have been reported so far this summer due to heat. In just one day, 13 of the 17 patients treated by MedStar were transported to the hospital.“It depends on how old they are, how hydrated they are. It depends on sometimes what medications they're taking,” he said. “Certainly 30 minutes, 45 minutes can be too much for people.”This article tagged under:
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