Large-scale operation Several children in the tent camp overheated

Red Cross supplies 27 dehydrated children

07/24/2013

The persistent heat is causing problems for many people. So also a group of children who stayed at the tent camp in the community of Essen near Oldenburg. According to media reports, 27 children and adolescents showed significant physical symptoms, such as headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, body aches, nausea and vomiting, as a result of the heat „Northwest newspaper“ citing the head of the tent camp.

After the children and youth of the tent camp had spent the day in the outdoor pool Löningen, the first already showed on the way back considerable physical discomfort. The carers were also partially affected. As more and more of the nine to fifteen year olds reported serious symptoms, emergency services were alerted. The Red Cross moved according to the „Oldenburgische Volkszeitung“ citing the spokesman for the district of Cloppenburg, Ansgar Meyer, with about 60 helpers and more than 20 vehicles.

Eleven children due to heat complaints in the hospital
Of the 27 affected camp participants, eleven had to be cared for in neighboring hospitals because of their critical health. „Too much sun, too little drunk or even eaten“, explained the chief emergency doctor Andre Kobiella (Cloppenburg district) later in the evening opposite the „Northwest newspaper“ the cause of the discomfort. Due to the extreme fluid loss caused by sweating at high temperatures and the lack of fluids, the children showed typical symptoms of dehydration. A not uncommon symptoms in the summer heat. Similar complaints are also noted when the body is no longer behind with the cooling and suffer the sufferer a heat stroke. In addition, permanent strong sunlight on the head and neck area causes a so-called sunstroke, in which in addition to the previously explained symptoms sometimes a stiff neck can be observed. (Fp)

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