As Europe endures its most severe heatwave on record, hospitals are seeing a surge in admissions and emergency departments remain under extreme strain. Jim Cédric Hansen, Vice‑President of the International Commission on Disaster Medicine in Rouen, explains how the human body struggles to cope with such extreme temperatures and why older individuals are especially at risk, with prolonged exposure potentially proving fatal.
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