Williamson County EMS trained to combat heat-related illnesses. Here's how you can protect yourself

  • Staff members, from left, Melissa Conrad, Mark Ney and Liz Nuse wear McIntire’s Garden Center’s anniversary merch.
    Staff members, from left, Melissa Conrad, Mark Ney and Liz Nuse wear McIntire’s Garden Center’s anniversary merch.

    As temperatures rise, so does the risk for heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses. 

    The heat related illness and medical emergency is a high core body temperature of 104 degrees or higher. It can be categorized by delirium, confusion, slurred speech, dry and hot skin (a lost mechanism to produce sweat), nausea, vomiting, red skin, heavy breathing, high heart rate and more. 

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