LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Las Vegas sees over 70 days a year with temperatures above 100 degrees.
According to the Center for Disease Control, Latino workers suffer a disproportionate number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. For construction crews, landscapers and street vendors – many of them Latino – Las Vegas heat can turn dangerous very quickly.
“All these kind of people that are working outdoors, it’s really important to avoid to do certain or specific kinds of things like drinking coffee or getting a beer, and you know all that kind of or energy drinks, it’s really, really dangerous,” said director of development for R.E.A.C.H., Luis Aceves.
R.E.A.C.H. works with the Consulate of Mexico’s program, “Ventanilla de Salud” to help people with affordable medical care. Aceves explained they are working to spread important information to prevent heat illness all with information in Spanish.
“And it’s really important that we need to take care about ourselves, to stay hydrated, to avoid any heat stroke or something like that and actually to identify these kinds of symptoms,” Aceves said.
The symptoms include confusion and dizziness, nausea, and rapid pulse. Experts say it’s important you drink water even if you’re not thirsty.
“Las Vegas is a very hot city, I think that you all know that,” Daniela Zambrano with the Consulate of Mexico said. “So please stay safe, please know that here at the consulate, if you are around here and you’re feeling not too well, you can come here, we can give you some water, you can have some shade here. So we are here to help.”
R.E.A.C.H. will be hosting a live stream Tuesday, June 17 at 11 a.m., giving step by step tips in Spanish. For more information visit the R.E.A.C.H.’s website.
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