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Multiple Media Outlets Interview Drs. Kraftin Schreyer, Samuel Eldrich About the Health Impacts of Extreme Heat

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The Philadelphia Inquirer, KYW Newsradio, and the Chestnut Hill Local interviewed Kraftin Schreyer, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, and Samuel Eldrich, MD, Medical Director of the Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital Emergency Department, about the 100-degree temperatures in the Philadelphia area over the Fourth of July weekend. Schreyer and Eldrich emphasized the importance of hydration and cooling breaks during holiday events and described the symptoms of heat-related health emergencies and who is most at risk.