Doctors in Washington state used human body bags filled with ice and water to rapidly cool the sickest patients affected by record heat last month.
last month, overwhelming hospital emergency rooms in a region unaccustomed to triple-digit temperatures, doctors resorted to a grim but practical tool to save lives: human body bags filled with ice and water.
"I have a feeling that we're looking at many more days of extreme heat in the future, and this is likely to become more common," he said. Heatstroke can be particularly dangerous for children and older people, whose bodies don't regulate temperature well. In addition, elderly people may take medications that impair their ability to tolerate high temperatures.
Similarly, UW Valley Medical Center in Renton treated more than 70 patients with heat-related illnesses, three of whom who were treated using body bags, said Dr. Cameron Buck, director of the emergency department.nearly 2,800 emergency department visits
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