Austin doctor speaks on signs, symptoms of heat stroke and exhaustion [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas – June 20 was the official first day of summer, but Central Texas has been feeling the heat for a while now, and we have a long way to go before temperatures cool off.

In the first week of June alone, Austin-Travis County EMS reported 48 heat-related calls when Texas had heat indices in the triple digits.

Dr. Ryan McCorkle, an emergency room physician with St. David’s Medical Center, joined FOX 7 Austin’s Rebecca Thomas to discuss.

REBECCA: So we’ve had a hot May, a hot June. We’re looking at triple digit heat indices next week. How busy have you been in terms of dealing with heat-related illnesses?

DR. MCCORKLE: We’ve definitely seen an increase in the volume of heat-related complaints coming in to the emergency department at St. David’s. Ranging from heat exhaustion all the way to more cases of heat stroke this year than we’ve seen in recent years.

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