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Heat-related emergencies are soaring in the U.S. Can hospitals keep up?

Around 2,300 people died from heat-related illnesses in the United States in 2023, triple the annual average between 2004 and 2018.

(Ramsay de Give | The New York Times) A staff member uses a blood gas analyzer at the University of New Mexico Hospital's emergency department in Albuquerque on Tuesday, June 9, 2024. The machine delivers potassium, carbon dioxide and glucose readings within minutes, indicating the damage from heat exposure.

(Ramsay de Give | The New York Times) A staff member uses a blood gas analyzer at the University of New Mexico Hospital's emergency department in Albuquerque on Tuesday, June 9, 2024. The machine delivers potassium, carbon dioxide and glucose readings within minutes, indicating the damage from heat exposure.

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By Noah Weiland | The New York Times