Beach safety personnel urge folks to drink plenty of water on the days leading up to the trip to the beach and to stay hydrated while there.
“We’ve brought this beautiful tent here, right and plenty of water so that’s about all the preparation we’ve done,” Chris Bartl said.
“We bought our liquid IVs. They were ten dollars for a three pack at Walgreens, but they have really helped us stay hydrated and we’ve also been bringing tons of water,” said Graycee Gaines from Arkansas. “We have our canopy over there,” she added. Some who hit the beach don’t take necessary precautions and can end up in trouble. That’s where the training and equipment lifeguards carry is so important. Beach Safety Chief for the city of Gulf Shores went through the equipment his staff have access to.
“Okay, so what we have in our black boxes on all of our patrols, which we have four patrols is we have cold packs. We have oxygen, AED. Anything that you may need for a heat emergency, we’ll have, our lifeguards will have for your normal heat emergency,” Phillips explained. “When you get into somebody that’s in an extreme heat emergency, we have full ALS equipment which has full IVs, cardiac monitor where they can check their heart rate and stuff like that.
Responding to overheated beachgoers is second only to water rescues for Gulf Shores lifeguards. Phillips said the first signs that the heat may be beginning to affect you is dizziness accompanied with sweating and just a feeling of not wanting to be there. He said that’s when you need to get yourself out of the sun and if possible, into the air conditioning to cool down.
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