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Contact injury occurs when the person is touching the object that is hit. [1] Direct strikes make up about 5% of injuries. [1] The mechanism of the injuries may include electrical injury, burns from heat, and mechanical trauma. [1] Diagnosis is typically based on history of the injury and examination. [1]
Exposure to environmental heat led to 37 work-related deaths. There were 2,830 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work as well, in 2015. [22] Kansas had the highest heat related injury while on the job with a rate of 1.3 per 10,000 workers, while Texas had the most overall. [22]
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a heart failure caused by a decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) to <45% which occurs towards the end of pregnancy or a few months postpartum. Symptoms include shortness of breath in various positions and/or with exertion, fatigue, pedal edema, and chest tightness.
A 4-month-old baby died while visiting Lake Havasu in Arizona after she was exposed to extreme heat during a family ... kidney failure and death. Signs of heat stress include irritability and pale ...
Heat syncope is fainting or dizziness as a result of overheating (syncope is the medical term for fainting). It is a type of heat illness. The basic symptom of heat syncope is fainting, with or without mental confusion. [1] Heat syncope is caused by peripheral vessel dilation, resulting in diminished blood flow to the brain and dehydration.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to pregnancy, underlying conditions worsened by the pregnancy or management of these conditions.
Maricopa's data is broken down into zip codes and the area with the most heat-related deaths is the city of Mesa, east of Phoenix. Last year there were 579 confirmed and 56 suspected deaths ...