Emergency health officials ask folks in the Metroplex to carefully watch friends and loved ones – and monitor themselves – for signs of excessive heat. While a cool front kicks up a bit of a breeze in the area tonight, Medstar’s Matt Zavadsky urges us to be watchful for excessive or no perspiration, fatigue, unresponsiveness and even seizures. If those symptoms occur, Medstar officials ask us to call for emergency help to assess conditions.
18 people were transported to Metroplex hospitals on Friday; one person in critical condition. More than 50 calls for heat-related illnesses have been taken since the start of May. Zavadsky reminds us although Texans are accustomed to high heat in summer, this year’s heat waves gave our bodies little or no time to become adjusted. In other words, what didn’t kill us last year could take us out this year.
