The warm summer temperatures can lead to a problem no one should ignore: heatstroke, especially among children in a confined area.
Friday is National Heatstroke Prevention Day.
Tammi Boers from the Vilas County Health Department says children left in cars are at risk. On average every 8 days a child dies from heatstroke when left in a vehicle...
"....Safekids is doing a promotion right now and it's called ACT. It promotes three simple things. One: never leave your child in a car, not even a minute. If it's an 80 degree day it only takes 10 minutes for the inside of the car to be 99 degrees...."
Other tips include leaving reminders in the vehicle so you don't forget your child. Boers says if you see a child in a hot car, call 9-1-1 so emergency responders can take care of the situation.
Boers says children have a much higher chance of getting heatstroke.
More information is on the website safekids.org/heatstroke.
