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Title: Body bags for heat stroke
Post by: MillCreek on July 24, 2021, 02:05:04 PM

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/a-chilling-cure-facing-killer-heat-seattle-area-ers-use-body-bags-to-save-lives/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1627135610

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/emp2.12007

This is something to remember as emergency treatment for heat stroke: patient, water, ice, body bag.

Title: Re: Body bags for heat stroke
Post by: BobR on July 24, 2021, 02:15:22 PM

I like it, it sure makes more sense than trying to stuff ice bags in the armpits and groin.


bob

Title: Re: Body bags for heat stroke
Post by: dogmush on July 24, 2021, 02:18:22 PM

And, if it doesn't work, body's already packed and ready to go.

Efficiency!

Title: Re: Body bags for heat stroke
Post by: MillCreek on July 24, 2021, 03:34:51 PM

Quote from: BobR on July 24, 2021, 02:15:22 PM

I like it, it sure makes more sense than trying to stuff ice bags in the armpits and groin.


bob

My thought exactly, or chilled IV bags.

Title: Re: Body bags for heat stroke
Post by: MechAg94 on July 24, 2021, 10:30:58 PM

Quote from: MillCreek on July 24, 2021, 03:34:51 PM

My thought exactly, or chilled IV bags.

Frozen IV bags.  What could go wrong.