Confusion and loss of consciousness are the biggest red flags to seek medical help during sweltering summer weather, UW Medicine emergency medicine physician Dr. Stefan Wheat says.
In recent years, Harborview Medical Center’s Emergency Department has seen an average of 65 patients with fireworks-caused injuries around the Fourth of July.
Harborview Medical Center trauma specialists recently treated a patient who lost a hand to a fireworks injury. The hospital's Emergency Department is braced for the annual influx of those injuries, which number 40 to 50 per year.
