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The Council of Social Policy of the City of Puerto Lumbreras, in collaboration with the tele-assistance company Televida, has developed a plan of measures against extreme temperatures until the month of September.

The purpose of this plan is to establish action measures that, from the home teleassistance service are made to prevent, minimize and attend to the effects on the health of the users of the service can cause the high temperatures.

The mayor of the town, Mª Ángeles Tunisia, explained that "these measures began to be implemented last June and we will continue to do so until September 15, paying more attention to vulnerable people because of their age, degree of dependency and isolation" .

In this sense, Tunisia has stressed that "from June 1 to August, the service of tele-assistance has maintained contact with users of Puerto Lumbreras 330 times."

In addition, the Mayor has stressed that "in 30% of those cases, staff has placed special emphasis on the prevention of extreme temperatures."

In this way, among the preventive measures carried out by the telecare service, the distribution of leaflets and talks about recommendations to avoid and reduce the impact of high temperatures on health are highlighted.

In the same way, intervention tasks are also being carried out with the application of a symptom detection protocol for extreme temperatures and first aid intervention.

In addition, the monitoring of users with calls from the exchange is strengthened and personalized visits are made to the most vulnerable users.

The recommendations that should be taken into account by the elderly not to suffer a heat stroke are to avoid outdoor activities in the central hours of the day (12.00 to 17.00), if they have to leave during the hours of sun wear a hat, use Fan, stay in shady areas, drink plenty of fluids and cool down, especially the head, as well as rest frequently.

Of the 81 users of the Puerto Lumbreras telecare service, 43 have some additional risk.

The Mayor said that "thanks to this service, all those who are at greater risk for their socio-health conditions receive detailed information on how to avoid problems due to heat through the call center and home visits, both The coordination staff as well as the maintenance technicians ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras