jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoPhoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkPhoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakeswww.theguardian.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoDoes this work because it’s cooling down arteries and in turn taking cooler blood around the body? Not sure how human heat sinks work :)
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoYep, cooling the blood in the major arteries for further circulation. It works opposite as well if you need to warm someone with hypothermia.
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThanks for sharing. I hope to never need it, but you never know :)
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIf you’re working in heat (inside or out) we used to take bandanas (or old t-shirts, towels, etc), soak them in water and wrap it around your neck. Works wonders to keep your brain working and body slightly cooler.
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYe olde line-cook air conditioning, a towel in a bucket of ice water in the walk-in cooler
Does this work because it’s cooling down arteries and in turn taking cooler blood around the body? Not sure how human heat sinks work :)
Yep, cooling the blood in the major arteries for further circulation. It works opposite as well if you need to warm someone with hypothermia.
Thanks for sharing. I hope to never need it, but you never know :)
If you’re working in heat (inside or out) we used to take bandanas (or old t-shirts, towels, etc), soak them in water and wrap it around your neck. Works wonders to keep your brain working and body slightly cooler.
Ye olde line-cook air conditioning, a towel in a bucket of ice water in the walk-in cooler