CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS. 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: JUNE HAS SEEN THE
HOTTEST TEMPERATURES YET SO
FAR IN 2023. AND SADLY, WE
REPORTED ON CASES THAT
RESULTED IN DEATH OR
NEAR-DEATH RELATED TO HEAT
EXPOSURE. IT’S ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO KEEP KIDS SAFE
DURING THESE HOT MONTHS.
THAT’S WHY BRIDGE IS STANDING
BY NOW IN TODAY’S ASK A
DOCTOR.
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DOCTOR. ♪ KIDS HAVE A SMALLER BODY MASS
TO SURFACE AREA RATIO THAN
ADULTS. SO THEY’RE MORE
VULNERABLE TO EXTREME HEAT AND
THEY ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO
BECOME DEHYDRATED THAN ADULTS
BECAUSE THEY CAN LOSE MORE
FLUID. QUICKLY. JOINING US
THIS MORNING
>> BRIDGETT: DOCTOR JENNA
WHEELER PEDIATRIC CRITICAL
CARE PHYSICIAN AT ARNOLD
PALMER FOR CHILDREN. HOSPITAL
ALWAYS THAT TURNED AROUND. BUT
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING. WHEN WE LOOK AT KIDS
AND HEAT EXHAUSTION, IT CAN
HAPPEN SO MUCH MORE QUICKLY
FOR THEM. IT CAN.
>> JULIE: BECAUSE AS YOU
MENTIONED, THE BODY SURFACE
AREA JUST THE WAY THAT THEIR
BODY IS ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR
TEMPERATURES. IT’S MUCH EASIER
FOR THEM TO GET OVERHEATED AND
WITH THEM PLAYING NOT DRINKING
AS MUCH OFTEN TIMES OVER TIME,
THEY ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS.
IT’S TOO AND, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE THESE DAYS WHERE, YOU
KNOW, YOU GO TO THE SPLASH PAD
OR YOU GO TO THE
>> JULIE: I NOTICE THAT, YOU
KNOW, MINE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN
THE POOL ALL WEEKEND. HAHA,
IT’S HARD TO GET THEM TO TAKE
THOSE BREAKS. SO WHAT ARE SOME
CREATIVE WAYS TO SORT OF LIKE
IT? THEN THE STOPPER TAKE A
PAUSE SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE
SURE YOU CAN CHECK ON THEM AS
FAR AS HYDRATION AND HOW
THEY’RE DOING WITH THE HEAT.
WELL, THAT’S A REALLY GOOD
POINT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
WHEN THEY’RE IN WATER, THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO GET DEHYDRATED.
REMEMBERING THE HYDRATION IS
ABOUT TAKING WATER IN. AND SO
SETTING TIMERS KIND OF HAVING
A FUN BREAK YOU. MAKE IT A
GAME OF OKAY. WHO CAN GET OUT
GET THE WATER BOTTLE FOR
STAND. JUST KIND OF MAKING IT
A FUN TIME THAT EVERY SO OFTEN
YOU’RE MAKING SURE THAT
THEY’RE DRINKING. THEY’RE
TAKING THAT BREAKING. IT’S
ALSO A GOOD TIME REAPPLY
SUNSCREEN TO TAKE THOSE PAUSES
TO, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF
THE HEAT FOR A LITTLE BIT, GET
A SNACK, KIND OF MAKING A LOT
PART OF THAT ROUTINE.
>> BRIDGETT: AND WHEN IT
BECOMES THE SUNSCREEN, THAT’S
SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT, TOO. YOU KNOW,
PRACTICE IN TERMS OF PUTTING
IT ON MAYBE BEFORE YOU GET OUT
THERE AND THEN REAPPLY. IT WAS
SORT OF THE RULE OF THUMB
AROUND THAT TYPE OF THING WITH
THE KIDS.
>> JULIE: SO AS YOU SAID,
MAKING SURE YOU PUT IT ON
BEFORE YOU’RE OUT IN THE SUN.
SO IT HAS TIME TO ABSORB INTO
TAKE EFFECT REMEMBERING. WE
REALLY DON’T RECOMMEND SENSORY
UNDER 6 MONTHS OF AGE. THOSE
KIDS SHOULD JUST BE SHIELDED
FROM THE AND EVEN WHEN YOU DO
HAVE SUNSCREEN, THINGS LIKE
RASH, KURDS SHADED AREAS ARE
VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN
REMEMBERING TO REAPPLY TO
REAPPLY EVERY HOUR OR SO OR IF
THEY’RE IN THE WATER, YOU
KNOW, KIDS RUB THEIR EYES
COMING OUT OF THE WATER. SO
FACES ARE ALWAYS AT RISK. AND
JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE’S
A GOOD LAYER. AND IF YOU’RE
STARTING TO SEE THEIR SKIN,
GET READ, EVEN MORE SUNSCREEN
NOT GOING TO HELP THAT. THAT’S
A REALLY GOOD TIME TO COME OUT
OF THIS FIND A DIFFERENT
ACTIVITY, OK? AND WHAT TYPES
OF TREATMENTS DO YOU RECOMMEND
FOR THOSE BURNS? SO IF YOU
HAVE A BURN, WE’RE SEEING
BLISTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO TALK WITH
YOUR PEDIATRICIAN BECAUSE IT
MAY BE MORE ADVANCED CARE. YOU
PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE THINK OF SUNBURNS
LIKE I WAS JUST A SUNBURN, BUT
IT’S ACTUALLY A DEGREE OF A
BURN. AND SO DEPENDING ON HOW
MUCH SURFACE AREA OF THE
BODIES INVOLVED, THEY CAN BE
LOSING FLUID, HYDRATION
THROUGH THAT BURNED THERE.
TEMPERATURES CAN BE ELEVATED.
SO IF THERE IS CONCERN, IF
THEY’RE ACTING FUNNY, EVEN
MORE TIRED, IT’S SOMETHING
THEY REALLY SHOULD SEEK
MEDICAL CARE FOR MORE THAN
JUST, YOU KNOW, ADULTS. WE
JUST PUT A LITTLE ALOE ON.
YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES YOU
SAID, YOU KNOW, 6 MONTHS AND
UNDER THEY DON’T.
>> JULIE: THEY DON’T NEED THE
SUNSCREEN MISSION. HAVE THE
BUT WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW,
STROLLER COVERS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, WHICH ACTUALLY, YOU
KNOW, YOU’RE TRYING TO SHIELD
THEM. BUT THERE’S SOME THINGS
TO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS WELL.
EXACTLY.
>> THEIR SKIN IS SO SENSITIVE,
WHICH IS WHY WE DON’T
RECOMMEND HAVING THOSE
CHEMICALS ON THEIR SKIN AT
THAT AGE. I MEAN, REALLY
KEEPING THEM OUT THAT THE
STROLLER COVERS. YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE DOING
DOING A BENEFIT KEEPING THEM
COVER, BUT IT ACTUALLY CAN
TRAP THAT HEAT IN AND MAKES IT
OF AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
THEY’RE NOT GETTING GOOD
CIRCULATING CARE. EVEN THOUGH
THE SUN’S NOT ON THEM, THERE
STILL IT’S JUST AS MUCH DANGER
AS IF THEY WERE IN THE FULL
SUN.
>> SO JUST TRY TO GET ONE.
THAT’S OPEN ON THE SIDES OR
JUST, YOU KNOW, DID BUT NOT
COVERING. TOTALLY RIGHT. THE
BEST THING, YOU KNOW, A TIME
THE DAY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT
TO GO FOR A WALK WITH YOUR
BABY DOING IT IN THE MORNING
BEFORE THE SUN’S OUT, YOU’RE
DOING IT BEFORE BED TIME
REALLY PICKING THOSE TIMES YET
TRYING TO TAKE A SHADED ROUTE,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN AREA THAT
THERE’S SOME TREE COVERAGE AND
REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT
AMERICAN COUNTY PEDIATRICS
TALKS ABOUT WHEN IT’S OVER 90
DEGREES OUTSIDE. IT REALLY IS
A SIGNIFICANT HEAT RISK TO ANY
OF OUR CHILDREN LET ALONE OUR
BABIES. AND SO AS MUCH AS WE
WANT TO BE OUTSIDE IN HERE IN
FLORIDA, WE LOVE BEING
OUTSIDE. THERE’S SOME DAYS
WHERE WE ACTUALLY THE SAFEST
THING IS TO KEEP OUR KIDS
INSIDE FOR PEOPLE SO THEY
DON’T GET EXPOSURE TO THE
HEAT. YES, LIKE DAYS LIKE