July 21, 2018 : Treating Heat Stroke in the Emergency Room
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
During my night shift at the hospital, a man came into the emergency room with a fever and general malaise.
He thought he had a cold, but I soon found out that it was not a cold, but a heat stroke.
What he said indicated that he had a heat stroke, not a cold, because he worked hard outside yesterday in the intense heat,
and this morning an air conditioner in his room didn't work well because of the intense heat.
There have been a lot of heat strokes here lately due to the extreme heat wave that has been going on for days.