US heatwave sees hospitals use body-bag ice treatment

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Hospitals see an influx of patients suffering extreme effects as heat hits 37C (110F) in Phoenix.

Phoenix residents are flocking to the desert city's many cooling centres to escape the heatAn unrelenting heatwave continues to scorch much of the southern US, leaving more than 90 million Americans under a heat advisory.Officials said hospitals were using body bags filled with ice to cool down some patients who have overheated.An oppressive heat dome has settled over much of the US South, sending temperatures soaring from Florida to California.

"The hospital has not been this busy with overflow since a few peaks in the Covid pandemic," emergency room doctor Frank LoVecchio told the outlet. In Las Vegas, sweltering temperatures have stunned even veteran emergency responders. Las Vegas paramedic David Shilling estimates calls to emergency services have soared by 40% - largely from tourists who are not yet acclimatised to the city.

In the weeks before the heat dome settled over the state, Las Vegas had been unusually cool. It recorded more than 260 consecutive days below 100F .

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