{"id":1937,"date":"2013-07-25T08:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T12:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2016-09-20T11:19:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:19:30","slug":"summer-heat-and-safety-72513","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=1937","title":{"rendered":"Summer Heat and Safety, 7\/25\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Safety from the Summer Heat\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management & Reuse Projects, MDTAP<\/em><\/p>\n

The summer is here along with occasionally dangerous heat.\u00a0 Did you know that people with medical conditions, infants, children and seniors are more prone to extreme heat stress?\u00a0 Did you know that heat related illness and death are preventable? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offer Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety<\/a> \u2013 a guide of important safety tips.\u00a0 You can also get information to help you recognize the warning signs<\/a> of heat related illness.\u00a0 Know what to do to help people with medical conditions<\/a>, infants and children<\/a> and seniors<\/a> stay safe from the effects of extreme heat stress.<\/p>\n

Did you know that there are cooling centers where you can go to get out of the heat?\u00a0 Find out where your local cooling center is located by checking the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene\u2019s (DHMH) contact information<\/a> list of cooling centers throughout the state.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget about your service animals.\u00a0 They are also susceptible to heat related illness.\u00a0 Here are some hot weather tips<\/a> from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to help you keep your service animals safe from extreme heat.<\/p>\n

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