Global Warming Heat Causing US Burn Deaths

The number of people dying from burns due to hot weather continues to rise. According to Semafor, “Burns and fatalities from contact with searing hot sidewalks and roads are on the rise in the US. During a scorching summer in Phoenix, Arizona last year, a burns center treated 136 patients for contact burns from outdoor surfaces, with 14 deaths; it saw 85 such cases in 2022.”

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When the heat in Phoenix was over 110 degrees F for 54 days last summer, pavement temperatures often reached 180 degrees. Scientific America posted these figures using NASA heat maps. A local medical official said some people suffered second-degree burns.

Sci Am wrote, “The number of people dying from burns due to hot weather continues to rise. According to Semafor, “Burns and fatalities from contact with searing hot sidewalks and roads are on the rise in the US. During a scorching summer in Phoenix, Arizona last year, a burns center treated 136 patients for contact burns from outdoor surfaces, with 14 deaths; it saw 85 such cases in 2022.” Climatecrisis247 believes that burns have not been on the medical radar of the effects of climate change. Heat deather based on heat stroke has been. This is a new front in the medical war against the effects of global warming.”

Hospital Emergency Rooms

Another byproduct of extreme temperatures and burns is that hospital emergency rooms overflow, a problem for which there is no easy solution.

Climatecrisis247 believes that burns have not been on the medical radar regarding the effects of climate change. This is a new front in the medical war against global warming.

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