#surviving heat

[thefirsthogokage]

Very helpful thread made for those walking the picket lines by an EMT in Florida:

(screen shots from here on out. Too many images to put in one post. Sorry for the dark mode switch ahead of time)

[Image ID: a tweet thread made by @TheMaryGirls on July 18th, 2023 that reads in its entirety (though combined where appropriate and tweet numbers removed for condensing):

This is for the strikers everywhere since I'm nowhere near a picket line. This is the least I can do:

I am an EMT in Florida, one of the hottest states in the country on a regular basis. These are things you can do to protect yourself from the heat

1. Water

Water is great, your body needs it to live. You can go longer without food than you can without water. It's vital. If you become too dehydrated you can lapse into something called Hypovolemic shock which is the most dangerous form of shock because, usually, by the time you realize something is wrong, you're already in a bad position.

When you sweat, you're not just losing water. You're also losing salt, potassium, chloride, magnesium, & calcium. To combat this, you should drink something with electrolytes.

You can also eat a banana in order to avoid cramping that can occur with the loss of potassium. You don't want to be the one doing the Charley Horse Hustle on the line when people have phone cameras. You can also eat fruit and veg with high water content. They helps.

A word of caution about ice water. I know the idea of a big bottle of ice water sounds great when you're sweating your balls off on the line but NO! That can be dangerous. Your body temperature is up due to the heat. You chug a bottle of ice water like you used to do with Smirnoff Ice in college, you'll regret it. Ice water will cause your body temperature to drop which fraks up your homeostasis. You can experience stomach craps, fainting, and, on some weird occasions, cardiac arrest. Face planting on the pavement isn't cute.

One way you CAN use ice water safely is by soaking a t-shirt or towel and putting it on your head to help cool you off. Also, cold rags around the wrists can also cool you down. You've seen construction workers with the t-shirts on their heads? This is why.

2. Whole body

If you get blisters on your feet, you need to treat them. Also, don't force pop them, you're just asking for trouble. When they rupture, they need to be cleaned with soap and water (no alcohol or peroxide) and protected. Band-Aids won't really help here.

Band-Aids can easily slip off and give bacteria a chance to move in and really get gross. Liquid bandage is the better option. It's waterproof but it does sting when you put it on so be warned.

If you experience muscle cramps on the line, you need to deal with them. This is your bodies way of telling you something is wrong. Sit down, drink something. Stretching before picketing can also help prevent them. Let's be honest, as writers, we sit. A LOT.

Going from a cave dwelling hermit to bright sunlight and exercise is going to piss your entire system off. Icy Hot and hot baths will be your friend.

3. Dehydration warning signs.

Muscle cramps

light headed

headaches

feeling very thirsty

dark urine

urinating less often

feeling tired

dry mouth, lips, or tongue

skin tenting

confusion

That's all that I can think of at the moment.

GO FUCK EM UP!!!!!!!

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Bonus:

[Image ID: Tweeted comment on the thread from @/sardoniccomment that reads:

Every word of this is good advice, but, as a former desert-dweller, there’s something I need to add: dehydration makes you stupid. It can literally prevent you from being able to figure out the source of your problems is dehydration.

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[5007]

I live in Arizona. Thirty years ago, I got heat exhaustion while at the summer program my grade school (it's like primary school, for those Europeans who might be confused) was having. We went to walk down the street to a different school to take advantage of their indoor gym. As a teenager and an adult? Not a large distance.

But I was a little kid (under 10 years old). I didn't feel thirsty. I didn't feel hot. I didn't feel sick.

Not until I passed out in front of the firefighter station on the way back to my grade school.

My dad was pissed. My mom?

I didn't do anything regarding school and summer until I took summer classes to catch up to my friends (who were taking advanced trigonometry) and get ahead in school.

And this was in the 90s, when temperatures were an average of 15°F cooler than they are now.

Stay out of the fucking sunlight, even in Spring.

Hydrate.

If you were dripping sweat, get some electrolytes in you (Pedialyte, sugar-free Powerade, etc).

Heat exhaustion is not far away from heat stroke, which is a legitimate stroke caused by being too hot for too long.

Until we can clean up our atmosphere and hamstring future pollution caused by corporations, stay the fuck inside - it's only going to get hotter.

if you are dealing with extreme heat or even just. moderate heat in your area right now. 80f/26c is when it starts getting toasty for a lot of people. if you are in a heat wave and you have not done yourself the favor of googling fucking "heat exhaustion symptoms" i am shaking you violently right now. look it up. burn the symptoms into your brain. heatstroke is no joke and it can and WILL sneak up on you before you're aware it's even an issue. ohh my god

[goljie]

davejohn in the summer (one is sweating, one isnt. you decide)

summer city date

[human-rocket]

‘Anakin and Obi-Wan with baby Luke and/or Leia? Maybe all of them cuddling in bed?' for @sky-kenobye

my art | ko-fi

[seance]

RHAENYRA TARGARYEN AND ALICENT HIGHTOWER take the pain / make it billboard big / then swallow it for me

[athelind]

On the blackout blinds note:

You don't have to shell out for big, heavy, fabric curtains. You can get inexpensive accordion-fold paper blackout blinds from Amazon or other vendors. They are VERY effective at blocking light and surprisingly effective at reducing heat indoors. I have a set in my bedroom window, and they've helped a great deal -- it was really noticeable this past weekend, when our AC died during 100°F weather.

They would almost certainly be even more effective used in conjunction with curtains, but I just have the paper ones in my window and they're all I really need.

I need UK journalists to not show 43 degrees is not beach weather like people are gonna die

Americans do not interact

[tsuchinokoroyale]

*tries to find a line from brat that hasn’t been used to caption a selfie uhhhhh*

You always say, "Let's go out" so we go eat at a restaurant

[gingeremo]

[kyonshi-8610]

ᜉᜓᜆᜁᜈ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜃᜐ᜔ ᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜈ᜔ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜊᜓᜋᜊᜑ potaina ang lakas ng ulan araw araw bumabaha

[borbology]

Sometimes when it gets really hot while Meta Knight is guarding the castle, Sword and Blade will come out and spray his wings with some water to keep him cool.

Summer is coming. Stay cool and hydrated 💖✌️

Thinking about my borb anatomy headcanons. Meta Knight's wings can both absorb and dispel heat faster than any other part of his body because of how close the blood vessels are to the skin's surface within the thin membranes. He spreads his wings in the sun when it's nice out. As somebody who is often in close contacts with vultures, I see them doing this all the time. It's called a horaltic pose. If Meta Knight is overheating, spraying some water onto the membranes of his wings and letting it evaporate will cool him off very effectively.

[tapakah0]

[casualavocados]

We agreed that I'm in charge of the bars. But you come here all the time to watch me. How am I supposed to lead my people? Use your head, okay? Suit yourself.

KISEKI: DEAR TO ME Ep. 04

[localcryptic]

drawing sidestep in a turtleneck, sweater, and leather jacket. as if going outside in that outfit in Los Diablos weather wouldn't kill them instantly. like man i understand your need for layers and secrecy and whatever but there's a high of 114° i think you should just stay inside today. which is riskier, exposing yourself to the Special Directive or exposing yourself to a fuckin Southern California summer day??? If the Heartbreak Incident couldn't kill them, the goddamn. Heatstroke Incident will take care of it jesus christ. Their tan lines have got to be fucking crazy. they will never recover from this.

[alicent-archive]

Once again, free Tyland Lannister from the Targ administration.

[mushroomnoodles]

bottom pic is the first time i ever drew him

[soaps-mohawk]

Everyone make a wish 😭