PARAMEDICS are sending out a stark sun-related warning to Essex and beyond after they rushed to more than 25 people suffering from the heat last week.
Since Monday the East of England Ambulance Service has aided people collapsing in the sun, those with severe sunburn and some with heat exhaustion.
Ambulance bosses are advising the public to ring 111 or go to a GP – simply for advice – as opposed to ringing for an emergency.
"A heatwave is obviously a good thing for us to enjoy, but as an ambulance service we have to prepare for some of the consequences it can have for our operations," said ambulance boss Oskan Edwardson, associate director of special operations
"We are asking the public to think twice about dialling 999 for an ambulance when they get sunburn or are suffering the effects of the heat."
Symptoms in the sun can include: headaches, nausea, intense thirst, lethargy, hot red and dry skin, a sudden temperature rise, confusion, aggression, convulsions and a loss of consciousness.
The main cause of heat-related death are respiratory and cardiovascular diseases
