Tips on staying cool through the rising temperatures

(WJBK) - Whether you are inside or outside, when it’s this hot, you have to be mindful of heat exhaustion when it gets this hot. The most vulnerable as you might have guessed elderly and children.

“I've seen a couple of cases today of heat exhaustion one of which I had to send to the ER,” nurse practitioner Joye Delaurentiis said.

This temps are nothing to mess around with - Nurse Practitioner Joyce Delaurentiis says be aware of signs of heat exhaustion.

“Patients might present with dizziness, nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, muscle cramps, and pain,” she said.

If you feel those symptoms get to cooler temperatures immediately. 

“Removing excessive clothing spraying the patient with water, maybe putting a fan on the patient,” Delaurentiis said.

One of the patients to walk through the doors of Southfield Urgent Care Saturday was playing basketball, he came in with sever muscle cramping, it was heat exhaustion. 

“6 - 20 minutes of exertion in this weather is not good and it could lead to exhaustion and even stroke,” she said.

Heat Stroke is more severe, that's when the body temperature gets above 104 degrees, that's when you would need to go to ER to get an IV to replenish fluids.

An ice cold beer might sound great on a hot summer day but it's the wrong move. 

“Alcohol is a diuretic in a lot of ways, which makes you lose water so If you're already sweating and drinking alcohol, its compounding the whole situation,” Delaurentiis said.

Instead, choose water and sports drinks with electrolytes.

“Stay in the shade, the sun is just so exhausting in this weather,” she said.

Sunburn is another issue - it creeps up on you when you're in the water if you're trying to keep cool…if you have sunburn and it's in the blistering phase you should see a doctor to get it checked out.