E28 - Beat the Heat - Understanding Heat Emergencies

Emergency Preparedness in Canada (EPIC) Podcast

On this episode of Emergency Preparedness in Canada (EPIC)Podcast, we speak with Environment Canada Meteorologist Melissa MacDonald about the weather! Specifically, the unique dangers that heat waves present to our most invisible and vulnerable populations. What are they? Why are they so dangerous? And are our current response strategies effective? All this and more on this episode of EPIC Podcast: Current, Relevant, Canadian. Journal Club Articles: https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/docs/UseOfCoolingCenters.pdf https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo20809880.html Tool of the Trade: https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/migration/hc-sc/ewh-semt/alt_formats/pdf/pubs/climat/response-intervention/response-intervention-eng.pdf