SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City reached a heat record on Sunday, hitting 109 degrees. Now, doctors are reminding Utahns to stay alert as high temperatures continue.
KSL checked with local healthcare providers to see what emergency departments are seeing in the wake of the record-breaking heat. Some providers reported no unusual increase in patient volume, while others are seeing patients with heat-related illnesses, including dehydration and heat exhaustion.
Dr. TJ Hartridge, an emergency and wilderness medicine physician at the University of Utah Health, said emergency departments can see an increase in patients with heat-related symptoms when temperatures climb…