A woman died while taking care of her baby outdoors! Be careful about this in summer!

Recently, high temperatures have occurred in many parts of the north, and the number of patients suffering from heat stroke has increased.

It is reported that on the evening of June 16, a patient in Beijing was sent to the emergency department of Peking University People's Hospital due to severe impaired consciousness. **When the patient was admitted, he was in a coma with a body temperature higher than 42 degrees Celsius. ** He was diagnosed with heat stroke.

After that, the patient soon suffered from multiple organ failure and passed away in the early morning of the 17th after nearly 7 hours of rescue.

"Heat stroke is severe heatstroke. If rescue is not timely, the mortality rate can be as high as 70% to 80%. However, heat stroke does not usually occur suddenly." Chi Cheng, deputy chief physician of the emergency department of Peking University People's Hospital, introduced that the patient had symptoms of heatstroke such as dizziness and fatigue after returning home from taking the baby outdoors.

Because she did not take timely adjustment measures and continued to stay in the stuffy, west-facing room without air conditioning, she was not discovered by her family and sent to the hospital until she could no longer be awakened. By then, it was too late.

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What exactly is heat stroke?

According to reports, heat stroke is divided into four stages: pre-heat stroke, mild heat stroke, moderate heat stroke and severe heat stroke. There is still a progression between pre-heat stroke and the most serious heat stroke. If intervention measures are taken in time, most heat stroke patients will not develop into heat stroke.

June 17 was a weekend, and many people were doing outdoor activities. From 8:00 to 18:00 on that day, the emergency department of Peking University People's Hospital received 10 patients with pre-heatstroke and mild heatstroke.

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Chi Cheng introduced that the main symptoms of heat stroke are dizziness, fatigue, sweating, thirst, and lack of concentration. After that, the body temperature rises and fever appears, but there is no change in consciousness, which enters the stage of mild heat stroke . If no intervention is given, the body temperature will continue to rise, reaching a high fever of 40 to 42 degrees Celsius, accompanied by limb convulsions and impaired consciousness, which enters the stage of moderate to severe heat stroke. The most serious heat stroke is heat stroke, which is usually accompanied by multiple organ failure and has a high mortality rate.

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If you experience pre-heatstroke or mild heatstroke

How to deal with it?

Chi Cheng said that once heat stroke occurs, the patient should be moved to a cool and ventilated place, the patient's clothes should be unbuttoned and the patient's body temperature should be lowered by wiping and applying ice. While lowering the indoor temperature, the patient should be given body fluids. It is recommended to supplement with salt-containing fluids such as light saline to replenish the body fluids and electrolytes lost due to heat stroke.

In short: physical cooling, lowering the room temperature, and replenishing water may reverse or stop the patient's heat stroke process.

If the patient has changes in consciousness such as fever, limb convulsions or drowsiness, cognitive impairment, etc.

It is necessary to seek medical treatment in time.

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Hot days continue

Experts suggest you take a break

As the hot weather continues, Chi Cheng reminds people who work or study in a hot and humid environment to take a break. "It is best to take a break for 5 to 10 minutes in a cool and ventilated place every 30 minutes or so and replenish water in time."

Outdoor activities should be avoided during the hottest afternoon hours.

"Most of the patients we saw on the 17th developed symptoms of heat stroke after outdoor activities." Chi Cheng suggested that people can choose to do outdoor activities in the early morning or evening when the temperature is cooler, avoid strenuous exercise, and not wear dark clothes to prevent heat accumulation from causing high body temperature.

At the same time, we must pay attention to the symptoms that mark heat stroke. Once dizziness, fatigue, sweating, thirst, etc. occur, we must make timely adjustments and corrections.

To avoid tragedy, the most important thing is prevention!

In hot weather, try to avoid long outdoor activities at noon and in the afternoon. If you really have no choice, wear a sun hat, drink water in time, and pay attention to the combination of work and rest.

**In short, the weather is hot,** everyone should pay more attention~

Source: Guangdong Minsheng DV site comprehensive Beijing Evening News