Heat Stroke: Signs To Look For And How To Treat It
Heat Stroke: Signs To Look For And How To Treat It
Dr. Natalie Azar explains how to spot signs of heat stroke, how to treat it and how to avoid it by staying hydrated throughout the day.
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0.24 -> all right we are back now with today
1.92 -> wellness
2.96 -> allen's forecasting a hot holiday
4.56 -> weekend along with dylan so with many of
6.56 -> us ready to spend a lot of time outside
8.4 -> we've called in nbc news medical
9.92 -> contributor dr natalie azar she's got
12.08 -> some important tips we all need to know
14 -> dr azar good morning and this is so
16.24 -> timely i was just telling you that over
17.84 -> the weekend you know my family went to a
19.359 -> water park and we saw a mom collapse
21.92 -> because of heat exhaustion it's really
23.439 -> scary what should you look out for
25.439 -> absolutely you know i think well the
28.24 -> just because we were talking about it
29.679 -> before before we started the segment and
31.199 -> i said to you i hope that they called
32.719 -> 9-1-1 right you know as the first thing
34.64 -> to do when you think that somebody might
36.16 -> have had heat exhaustion or heat stroke
38.879 -> but the thing is so so by definition a
40.8 -> heat stroke is diagnosed if somebody has
42.64 -> a core body temperature of 104 or
45.76 -> greater or they pass out but because
49.36 -> people don't walk around with digital
50.879 -> thermometers in their hands i want to
52.719 -> point out to our viewers some other
54.32 -> signs and symptoms of a heat stroke
56.32 -> including confusion you can also feel
59.6 -> light-headed you can have a headache you
61.44 -> can feel nauseous and something that i
63.12 -> think is really really important is that
64.96 -> people assume if you have heat stroke
66.96 -> that you're going to have that wet
68.24 -> clammy sweaty skin in fact you don't you
71.52 -> have very dry very red very hot skin
75.36 -> that sort of sweating thing is more heat
77.439 -> exhaustion which is a little bit on a
79.04 -> spectrum toward heat stroke but again
81.2 -> that dry skin is a big big warning sign
83.84 -> for heat stroke and then so once you
85.84 -> realize someone's having a heat stroke
87.36 -> you said you mentioned 9-1-1 the person
89.04 -> had already collapsed in the case that
90.32 -> we saw at the water park what what can
92.32 -> you say should you ask somebody like how
93.92 -> are you feeling like what's the first
95.119 -> step right so so if the number one first
98.24 -> thing to do if you suspect a heat stroke
100.64 -> is to call 9-1-1 i always say error on
103.36 -> the side of caution if the person ends
105.04 -> up being okay no harm no foul but that's
107.52 -> the first thing that you want to do
108.72 -> before you start administering first aid
111.2 -> what you need to do is make sure that
113.28 -> you move the person into a shady area
116.56 -> you can try to remove
118.24 -> as much clothing as you can you
120.56 -> definitely want to start if you have you
123.04 -> want to give them water of course if you
125.04 -> have ice packs or if you have cold
127.52 -> beverages you can use that you can put
129.679 -> it under their neck under their arms and
132.48 -> also in the groin there are a lot of
134.4 -> blood vessels there and that can
135.92 -> actually help to start cooling down the
138.239 -> body a big no-no tom is that people
140.56 -> think that you should throw somebody in
142.4 -> an ice bath that's actually not
144.319 -> recommended the only people who can go
146.56 -> safely into an ice bath are people let's
148.879 -> say you know vigorous exercisers you
151.28 -> know marathon runners who might have
153.28 -> have experienced some heat exhaustion
155.04 -> but that's a generalized no-no for for
157.44 -> the regular public so it's july fourth
159.12 -> weekend people are gonna be barbecuing
160.64 -> having a good time we were joking about
162.08 -> it earlier you're gonna have a couple
163.599 -> cocktails maybe a beer or two some wine
166.319 -> some rose right whatever you want the
168 -> entire bar but no in all seriousness
170.4 -> what should you do and how should you
171.92 -> really just sort of pace yourself right
174.239 -> so i think i think the two things to
175.76 -> think about are that you want to be
177.599 -> drinking water and you want to be eating
179.599 -> water i know that sounds well it sounds
181.28 -> a little bit funny but you know we we
183.28 -> turn to water as the beverage of choice
185.28 -> to remain hydrated but honestly like
187.92 -> fruity infused water seltzers even
191.04 -> coffee and tea even though it has some
192.879 -> caffeine it's okay but look at this list
195.44 -> of high water content foods we have
197.12 -> strawberries peaches lettuce cucumbers
199.04 -> watermelon you can get about 20 percent
201.44 -> of your day's fluid through food we tend
204.48 -> to say stay away from alcohol it is
206.72 -> what's called an aquaretic meaning that
209.04 -> you will lose water you don't
210.4 -> necessarily lose salt so avoid excess
212.799 -> alcohol obviously stay in the shade and
215.28 -> wear light weight light-colored clothing
217.68 -> and real quick just on a separate topic
219.68 -> sunscreen i mean it's so hot this
221.36 -> weekend all across the country
222.48 -> absolutely sunscreen spf or
225.12 -> 30 or higher you want to reapply every
227.599 -> two hours and especially with little
229.599 -> kids reapply every time they come out of
232.159 -> the water especially if you're sweating
234.159 -> a lot a lot of times people ask is a
236.159 -> spray as good as the lotion
237.84 -> dermatologists will say whatever
239.2 -> sunscreen you use is the best sunscreen
241.519 -> but make sure if you're doing the spray
242.879 -> you're not getting it in the air make
244.08 -> sure you're rubbing it into your kids
245.76 -> and let it sink in for about 20 minutes
248.64 -> two they're so strong absolutely really
250.4 -> protect you and a great hat dr azar have
252.959 -> a great fourth of july weekend thanks
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