Phoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakes

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Phoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakes
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Does this work because it’s cooling down arteries and in turn taking cooler blood around the body? Not sure how human heat sinks work :)

Yep, cooling the blood in the major arteries for further circulation. It works opposite as well if you need to warm someone with hypothermia.

Thanks for sharing. I hope to never need it, but you never know :)

If you're working in heat (inside or out) we used to take bandanas (or old t-shirts, towels, etc), soak them in water and wrap it around your neck. Works wonders to keep your brain working and body slightly cooler.

Ye olde line-cook air conditioning, a towel in a bucket of ice water in the walk-in cooler

If you stick your forearms in a tub of cool water you can cool down quick without any risk of whatever the problem is called when you cool someone down too quick.

Shock? It feels like shock is the right answer here.

Edit: to to too.

Damn I miss ninja edits