US EditionIt’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground
- Record-Breaking heat in Maricopa County, Arizona has led to an increase in significant and sometimes life-threatening burn injuries. Patients are being brought into the emergency room after falling on the ground and sustaining burns. The number and severity of injuries are higher than usual, overwhelming the Arizona Burn Center.
- The extreme heat is causing the ground, particularly asphalt, to become dangerously hot. Asphalt can be 40 to 60 degrees hotter than the air temperature on a hot day, leading to rapid and deep burns. The severity of burns is comparable to those seen in house fires, requiring extensive medical treatment and therapy.
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Asphalt temperatures can reach 82 degrees Celsius on a hot summer day.
It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground
It is so hot in Maricopa County, Arizona, that people are being brought into the emergency room with significant, sometimes life-threatening burns. For the past three or four weeks of this record heatwave, people have been burned just by falling on the ground.Summers are our busy season, so we anticipate that this sort of thing is going to happen. But this is really unusual the number of patients that were seeing and the severity of injuries t…
It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground
(CNN) — It is so hot in Maricopa County, Arizona, that people are being brought into the emergency room with significant, sometimes life-threatening burns. For the past three or four weeks of this record heatwave, people have been burned just by falling on the ground. “Summers are our busy season, so we anticipate that this sort of thing is going to happen. But this is really unusual — the number of patients that we’re seeing and the severity of…
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