Well, there's a lot of things to love.
Of course, among living here in Arizona,
but the extreme summer heat crystal
was just talking about and scorpions,
not two of them. Not at all.
And unfortunately those 2GO hand
in hand we are in the middle
of scorpion season right now.
Team 12 Jen Wall joining
us live this morning.
Jen Valley Hospitals at this time seeing
Scorpion stings at all time highs.
That's right, they get a lot of
calls every day and their best
tips right now or to of course stay
away from scorpions if you can.
If you find them on your property,
you can hunt for them at night around
9:00 or 10 is the best way to do that.
You can take out a black light
and see if there are more you
can call extermination companies.
And if you're stung you can
also call poison control.
They can walk you through the best
steps because everybody is going
to handle the stings differently.
Most people are fine with
just treatment at home.
But in rare cases,
especially with small children,
it can become very dangerous very quickly.
So far this year,
there have been more than 1800
Scorpion stings in Arizona,
according to Banner Health last year.
The two poison control centers in
the state managed nearly 5500 stings
in total during this busy season.
Scorpion rappel, a local company,
has created a glass like products that
can be painted on the outside of your home.
Here's a look at it.
Scorpion Rappel says the smooth surface
makes it impossible for scorpions.
Climb on with the goal of stopping
them from getting inside your home.
We watched a live demonstration for
ourselves and company cofounder Tony
Gonzalez joined the team after his
three-year old suffered a really scary
scorpion sting here in the valley.
The boy was given anti venom after
he had a severe reaction that's
something banner Health says
can happen in a few cases.
Having him being strapped to being
taken by ambulance that was that was
one of the most horrible experiences
we'd ever have. But you know it.
It was crazy because the vials
do help one or two patients at
a 10 will have a progression
of symptoms that can radiate
throughout their entire arm or leg,
and about one in 20 or so
have very severe reactions.
They're not allergic reaction,
it's due to the venom,
and those folks can have a
compromised airway.
Can get very sick if not
treated appropriately,
which typically involves going
to an emergency department
and getting anti venom.
If you live in the valley,
you can go years without scorpions
and then all of a sudden you can
get them just like JC Walsh.
He lives in Gilbert.
He says he did not start seeing
scorpions until they built
a pool in their backyard,
disturbing the ground.
He used the scorpion repel
products on his house and back
wall and says he has not seen
them in his home or yard since.
The first year afterwards I was out there,
probably three or four nights a week looking.
I'm a little bit more comfortable
now that we don't have them,
so I think the last time I looked
was last week middle last week,
but I do still go out there
probably once a week and look.
Yeah, it's such an eerie feeling.
If you have the Scorpions in your home.
So if you're thinking about
moving into a new home or
wondering if you have scorpions,
here's a couple top tips from Scorpion.
Repel first scorpions.
Travel together so if you
see one there could be more.
They can be found in the
desert where there are farms,
water and construction disturbing
the ground so you can clear vines
and other scorpion attracting
vegetation away from your home.
And finally if you are stung or
if someone in your home is stung.
Mayo Clinic says most of them
are not severe so cleaning.
Staying and putting a cool
calm press along with over the
counter pain relievers can help.
But those stings as we know they can
be severe for children and babies
so you can contact a banner poison
control the number on your screen and
they can also help you there figure
out the best treatment possible.
For now.
Live in Chandler,
Jen Wall today and easy.
All right, Jen, thank you.