“If you can avoid using gas-powered equipment or driving gas cars, that can help keep ozone levels lower. For people who have health conditions that might be exacerbated by heat, those conditions can be further exacerbated by ozone,” said Haggerty. And, for those who need help getting to a cooling center or shelter, call 2-1-1.Īlso on Wednesday, health officials issued a “Red Day” mandatory wood burning restriction. It’s not cooling off much at night and we’re only halfway through this thing.” But we have plenty of younger people ending up in the emergency room right now. “People don’t think they’re at risk from heat.
“The thing I really want to ma ke sure people know is that it can happen to you,” said Brendon Haggerty, who oversees the Healthy Homes and Communities program for Multnomah County Environmental Health. Among those taken to emergency departments were people working outside or exercising outdoors during the heat and older people. In the past three days, hospitals have treated 13 people for heat illness, when they would normally expect to see two or three. A guest and her dog at East Portland Community Center, July 26, 2022Įmergency medical services responded to 361 calls Tuesday - about 25% higher than a typical summer day 13 of those were heat-related.Įmergency department visits for heat illness have remained elevated since Sunday.
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