{"id":1995718,"date":"2023-08-09T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-national-system-to-track-heat-related-illness\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T17:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T21:19:48","slug":"white-house-launches-national-system-to-track-heat-related-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-national-system-to-track-heat-related-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"White House introduces nationwide heat illness tracking system."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-launches-national-system-to-track-heat-related-illness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tracking Heat-Related\u2063 Illness: Biden\u200c Administration \u200bLaunches\u2063 New Online \u200cDashboard<\/h2>\n<p>As heat waves continue to\u2063 grip\u2064 the nation, \u2063the \u2062Biden administration has \u200cunveiled an innovative solution to \u200bcombat the growing impacts of the\u200c climate crisis. Introducing the Heat-Related\u200b EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard, a powerful tool \u200ddesigned to\u200d track and address\u2062 heat emergencies nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Run by the Department of Health and\u200c Human Services and the National Highway Traffic\u200b Safety\u2062 Administration, this online\u2063 system aims\u200b to provide emergency medical services with timely\u2063 and relevant \u2062data. By doing so, it \u200censures that vulnerable populations\u200c receive the necessary \u2063outreach and medical aid.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Putting Safety\u2063 First: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Heat is no longer a silent killer. From coast-to-coast, communities are battling \u2063to keep people cool, safe, and \u200balive due \u2063to \u200dthe growing impacts of \u2064the climate crisis,&#8221; emphasized Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. He further \u2062added, &#8220;President\u2063 Biden is committed to providing communities with the \u200bresources they need to stay safe. The EMS HeatTracker is \u200ba \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-dem-oregon-governor-freed-hundreds-of-inmates-early-now-one-is-reportedly-person-of-interest-in-deaths-of-four-young-women\/\" title=\"Ex-Dem Oregon Governor Released Inmates Early; One Now Suspected in Deaths of Four Women.\">powerful \u2062tool<\/a> from the Biden-Harris administration that brings actionable\u2063 information\u2062 to prioritize outreach and interventions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-national-system-to-track-heat-related-illness\/\" title=\"White House introduces nationwide heat illness tracking system.\">helping prevent heat-related illnesses<\/a> and death, and build \u200bresilience across the \u2062nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Part of the National EMS Information System, this \u2062tracker collects data from\u200b emergency calls, providing a comprehensive view of heat-related EMS \u200bactivations at the \u200cstate and county levels. \u2062It breaks down patient characteristics by age, race, \u2063gender, and urbanicity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-security-video-challenges-the-narrative-on-first-man-to-die-at-capitol-on-jan-6\/\" title=\"New security video challenges narrative on first Capitol death.\">offering valuable insights<\/a> for\u2062 targeted interventions.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200d the dashboard will \u200dbe \u200dupdated every Monday morning, it&#8217;s important to\u2064 note that\u200c the data will be released\u2064 two weeks behind real-time. Nonetheless, the current figures are\u2062 alarming. Over\u2062 the past 30 days, there \u200bhave \u2064been\u2063 11,723 heat-related EMS activations \u2064and 40 deaths attributed to the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-honchos-go-maskless-in-classroom-as-kids-are-forced-to-mask-even-outside-in-extreme-heat\/\" title=\"Teachers Union Honchos Go Maskless In Classroom As Kids Are Forced To Mask Even Outside In Extreme Heat\">sweltering heat<\/a>. Of\u2064 those activations, 64.6%\u2062 of\u200d patients required transportation to a medical facility. Additionally,\u2062 the data reveals that EMS took an \u2062average of 12.7 minutes to reach the patient during this period.<\/p>\n<p>The 10 states with the\u2062 highest rate\u2063 of heat-related EMS activations \u2062in the past month are Nevada, Arkansas, New Mexico,\u2064 Kansas, Alabama,\u200b Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Vermont, and South Carolina, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>As the country continues to grapple with scorching temperatures, the\u2062 Biden administration&#8217;s new federal system aims to address the challenges posed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pacific-northwest-prepares-for-heat-wave\/\" title=\"Pacific Northwest prepares for heat wave\">record-breaking heat<\/a>. With over 68 million people still under heat alerts, it\u200d is crucial\u200b to prioritize the safety and well-being \u2063of \u2062communities across the nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE\u2062 WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration launched an online dashboard to monitor heat-related illness across the country amid ongoing heat waves. The Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard, managed by the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was introduced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1995719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}