OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – EMSA’s Medical Heat Alert issued on June 18 is continuing for the Oklahoma City area as medics respond to multiple heat-related illness calls.
According to EMSA, medics responded to 7 heat-related illness calls on Sunday, June 29. Five of those patients were taken to nearby hospitals.
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Since EMSA issued the alert, medics have responded to a total of 42 suspected heat-related illness calls and took 31 of those patients to nearby hospitals. This does not include the patients treated during the Thunder celebration.
Officials say the Medical Heat Alert will stay in effect until temperatures or the number of heat-related illness calls decrease…