A trick for the heat

[PiedPiper]

Since we still have at least a few more days left of this ungodly heat,.... and since I am about to be forced into spending about an hour or so outdoors, I thought I'd share a little trick we used to employ back in my contracting days building houses. On extremely hot days, all the carpenters would take an aspirin in the morning,.... maybe just a half of an aspirin. Not an advil or tylenol, mind you,.... a good old fashioned Bayer aspirin of salicylic acid. Keeps the blood thin and temperature down,... wards off heart attacks.. You still have to drink lots of water and take frequent cool-off breaks,.... but the aspirin gives you a slight chemical advantage.

 

[fireguardian]

Another trick is to apply some thing cold to the back of the neck, bends of the elbow and knees and other pressure points. The blood travelling through those areas is closer to the surface and will cool a bit spreading a cooling sensation. Plus it triggers an over all feeling of cool temperatures.

 

[BlackestLily]

Another trick is to apply some thing cold to the back of the neck, bends of the elbow and knees and other pressure points. The blood travelling through those areas is closer to the surface and will cool a bit spreading a cooling sensation. Plus it triggers an over all feeling of cool temperatures.

True-fact! My high school science teacher was also a part-time paramedic and said one of the best places to put cool water or ice on was your wrists because they were the most shallow point from your veins to the surface of your skin. It would cool you down a helluva lot faster.

 

[PiedPiper]

That's correct, BL,.... and if you hold the cold compress on the wrists for 30 seconds, most of the blood in your body will have been cooled.