Health and Planning Commission: Doing a good job in medical services with hot weather

According to the website of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the Health and Planning Commission has issued a notice today on the medical and health services for high-temperature weather. It is required that the health and family planning departments throughout the country do a good job in the medical treatment of patients with high-temperature heatstroke and do a good job of various types of conditions caused by high-temperature and meteorological conditions. The public emergency response to public health events that endanger public health and life safety.

The "Notice" requires all types of medical and health institutions at all levels to strengthen door and emergency management, provide patients with a suitable environment for diagnosis and treatment, strengthen technical strength, and strictly implement the first-response system. Emergency medical aid centers (emergency centers) at all levels must properly treat and treat patients.

We must take various forms to widely publicize the prevention of heat stroke and prevention of other diseases caused by high temperatures, effectively improve public awareness of prevention and self-rescue and mutual rescue capabilities, and focus on strengthening work on the elderly, pregnant women, infants, chronically ill patients, and high-temperature workplaces. Persons to prevent the heat of heatstroke health knowledge promotion.

It is necessary to strengthen the knowledge and skills training of medical personnel in heat-stroke heatstroke treatment and effectively prepare for the preparation of technologies, materials, medicines, etc. for coping with high-temperature heat stroke.

Related: Prevention of heatstroke knowledge

1. How to deal with heat stroke in case of first aid?

When symptoms of heatstroke occur, first of all, quickly shift from a high-temperature environment to a cool, ventilated place to rest, and drink some salty refreshing drinks such as brackish water, mung bean soup, etc.; apply cool oil, wind spirits, or Rendan, ten on the temples. Dripping water, Huoxiangzhengqi water, etc.; if the body temperature rises, use a cool wet towel or ice pack to cool the head, armpits, and thighs, or rub the bath with 30% alcohol until the skin becomes red; if severe heat stroke symptoms occur, be sure to immediately Call an emergency phone and promptly send the patient to the hospital for treatment.

2. How can we prevent heat stroke in the midsummer?

Try to avoid staying in the hot sun or high temperature environment for long periods of time. When going out, it is best to wear light-colored, loose clothes, a wide-brimmed hat or parasol. Ventilation inside the room can be used to spray water on the ground, using electric fans, air conditioning to cool, but the air conditioning temperature should not be too low. Working and living in an air-conditioned environment, you should take a certain amount of time each day to go outdoors for heat-resistant exercise. Drink plenty of water and eat more fruits and vegetables. Keep enough sleep and avoid air conditioning and electric fans blowing while you sleep. Home standing antipyretic cooling medicine, such as Shi Di Shui, Ren Dan, Feng You Jing, according to the instructions for the correct use of drugs. Older aged people, pregnant women, infants, and people with chronic illnesses should try to avoid going out in high temperature weather. If there is any discomfort, seek medical advice.

3. Why heat stroke occurs?

In the high temperature environment, the body's body temperature regulation function appears obstacles, heat production is greater than the heat, the body heat accumulation is too much, causing circulatory system and central nervous system dysfunction, will produce a series of symptoms of heat stroke. In addition, lack of sleep, excessive fatigue, mental stress, etc., are common causes of heat stroke.

4. What are the symptoms after heatstroke?

In the high-temperature environment, if there is sweating, thirst, dizziness, chest tightness, nausea, weakness and tingling, etc., we must consider the possibility of heat stroke. According to the severity of symptoms, heat stroke can be divided into mild heat stroke and severe heat stroke.

Mild heat stroke: manifested as dizziness, headache, flushing, thirst, a lot of sweating, general fatigue, palpitations, rapid pulse, inattention, incoordination and other symptoms, body temperature increased to 38.5 degrees or more.

Severe heat stroke includes three types of heat stroke, heat phlegm and heat failure, and it can also be mixed. Severe heat stroke can lead to death.

The main manifestations of heat stroke are: hyperthermia caused by body temperature regulation of central dysfunction and high fever, body temperature can be as high as 40 degrees, a lot of early sweating, followed by "no sweat," accompanied by varying degrees of disturbance of consciousness.

The enthusiasm is mainly manifested as: due to a lot of sweat, loss of salt loss, electrolyte imbalance occurs in the human body, causing muscle spasms. Occurs in the muscles of the extremities, often with symmetry, and attacks from time to time. The patient is conscious and his body temperature is generally normal.

Heat failure is mainly manifested as: rapid onset, mainly manifested as dizziness, headache, sweating, thirst, nausea, vomiting, followed by clammy skin, blood pressure, heart rhythm disorders, mild dehydration, body temperature is slightly higher or normal.