Health & Fitness
EMS Workers Responding To More Calls During Heat Wave
What's even more concerning to Porter: their regular medical calls have increased and are often more severe because of the heat.
June 17, 2022
Local EMS have been busy during the heat wave in the Pittsburgh area.
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Ross/West View ambulances have been going out on more calls the last two days as they're seeing an increase in all types of calls because of the unbearable heat.
Ross/West View EMS Assistant Director Greg Porter said on an average day they have about 20 calls but in the last 24 hours, they've had about 30. He said they received three or four calls on Wednesday that were directly related to heat.
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