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Fourth of July safety tips

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    Expert medical advice on extreme heat, grilling

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But the soaring Temps in the heat.

Can be really dangerous even life threatening joining us now to talk about a family practice physician doctor Cathleen London doctor great -- happy fourth.

-- have several tips want to run through each of them with you affect tip number one stay hydrated keep your body cool.

Absolutely in this heat in this prolonged heat.

You wanna keep your body temp down danger signs -- if you get hot and you're not slang -- the danger sign are you start feeling nauseous get indoors hydrate.

You can get in front of a fan and put cool towels on you that helps your body you you basically making sweat for your body that Rangel cleaned up quickly don't consume too much on call.

It -- hydrates you so already getting -- -- from these hot temperatures so I usually tell people get.

Water in between each drink and please keep it limited and limit sun exposure re apply sunscreen.

And absolutely between the hours attendant two is the highest UV index that's the most dangerous time so during those times please stay covered up get under an umbrella where hat.

And yes -- players on screen -- here for an especially to go in the water.

Are utilized sunburn remedies if necessary so if you do get a -- keeping hydrated keep it moist -- works well cool towels will help.

If you're getting blisters to not break -- -- protect the skin but go see your doctor remain need to -- special dressings on barbecue your needs.

The -- right so even if it's chart on the outside does not mean the internal temperature is -- -- to kill bacteria use a meat thermometer in check.

More danger about barbecues they had just come out -- -- study about wire brushes and people that ended up in the hospital from those wire bristle so.

Makes you check your grill.

Throughout your brush of its old right wipe it down with what tell I see people do this I cannot believe it do not pour lighter fluid on any burning.

Barbeque even if all you see our red hot -- not -- you're gonna get a -- plane you'll end up in the emergency room and -- all sorts of inhalation injuries and everything else please don't and finally people always end up at -- time after the fireworks or get too close to the fireworks right.

They get to post a fireworks they think it's safe to hold things and everything else we see all sorts of hand injuries at this time year.

Please be careful doctor Cathleen London good tips thanks for being with us happy happy for Martha.

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