jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoPhoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down10
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkPhoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakeswww.theguardian.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoDoes this work because it’s cooling down arteries and in turn taking cooler blood around the body? Not sure how human heat sinks work :)
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoYep, cooling the blood in the major arteries for further circulation. It works opposite as well if you need to warm someone with hypothermia.
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThanks for sharing. I hope to never need it, but you never know :)
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 :)