- Doctors are urging parents to monitor children for heat-related illness signs this summer.
- University of Utah Health’s Dr. Jeff Robison advises hydration, shade, and breaks, especially for children.
- Robison also recommends caution around playground equipment in direct sunlight and leaving children in hot cars.
SALT LAKE CITY — As temperatures approached 100 Tuesday and with triple-digit temperatures more likely in the weeks to come, doctors were urging parents to watch closely for the warning signs of heat-related illnesses and injuries in their children when they play outside.
Dr. Jeff Robison, of University of Utah Health and Primary Children’s Hospital, said it’s great for children to play outside — even when it’s warm — but kids are more likely to feel the effects of hotter temperatures faster than adults.
“Children — particularly those who are younger — have not as great thermoregulation,” Robison said during an interview with KSL-TV. “They are unable to communicate as well as an adult might when they are feeling the effects of heat.”…