During the summer of 2023, Phoenix experienced a 31-day heat record with a continuous stretch of days reaching or exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit. With millions of Phoenicians’ health at risk, Valleywise Health was on the frontlines caring for the local community and serving as a source of information for the global community during the unprecedented heatwave.
With coverage in over 30 countries spanning every continent, we’re rounding up some of the highlights below:
Dr. Kevin Foster, Director of the Arizona Burn Center – Valleywise Health on AC360: Video: Arizona doctor says people are getting burned falling to the ground | CNN
Dr. Kevin Foster and Dr. Frank LoVecchio, emergency medicine, on CNN: It’s so hot in Arizona, doctors are treating a spike of patients who were burned by falling on the ground | CNN
Dr. Kara Geren, emergency medicine physician in the NYTimes: A Month of Record-Breaking Heat Finally Breaks – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Dr. Kara Geren on NBC News: Record-breaking heat wave is causing second-degree burns and heat exhaustion (nbcnews.com)
Dr. Michael White, Chief Clinical Officer on ABC News: Video Hospitalizations in Arizona on the rise amid brutal heat – ABC News (go.com)
Dr. Kevin Foster and Dr. Frank LoVecchio in the New Yorker: What a Heat Wave Does to Your Body | The New Yorker
Dr. Frank LoVecchio on NPR: Three Stories From A Very Hot July : Consider This from NPR : NPR
Martha Martinez, Spanish Language Spokesperson on Telemundo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS30LHMIPvI