This is important to remember.
In most people’s minds, summer is an exceptional time of the year when you can relax from work or study, eat plenty of fruit all day to swim in the river or sea. But the summer is one of the most dangerous times of the year.
Mosquitoes
Insects appear when the temperature reaches about 10 degrees Celsius. They thrive in hot weather, and in summer the number of mosquitoes reaches its peak. They don’t just cause trouble with their bites causing itching and redness of the skin. Mosquitoes pose a more serious threat. Often people associate the disease, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, with less developed countries. Fortunately, there are many effective tools against the mosquitoes.
Accident
Driving has always been dangerous, but distractions and dangers reach maximum in the summer. First, a lot of people go to travel by car. Second, play a role weather conditions: warm, the sun shines and people feel more carefree, less likely to observe the speed limit, which can lead to accidents. During the winter, motorists are more careful and attentive. In addition, unpredictable thunderstorms and extreme heat, increase stress levels and impair attention, play a role in the frequent summer accidents.
The season of injuries
Injury one of the most dangerous and very common things that happen in the summer. The reports of the officers of the children’s hospital of Pittsburgh showed that the number of children admitted to trauma during the summer months doubles. Increases the number of adult injuries. Of course, in the summer children will not keep the home, but proper monitoring is required. Common causes of injuries is falling from skateboards, bicycles and trampolines
Summer fair, carnivals, amusement parks
It’s not uncommon for roller coasters and other rides get stuck in the end of a hot and busy day, forcing dozens of nervous passengers. But it’s flowers. Each year, about 4,000 people get injured in amusement parks and fairs together.
Heat stroke and dehydration
Dehydration is the excessive loss of body fluids. It is no secret that the human body cannot function properly without water, so dehydration can be very dangerous under certain conditions. So in the summer it is very important to drink 8 to 10 glasses of fluid a day. In the “kit” with dehydration often goes heatstroke. Its symptoms can range from dizziness and disorientation to coma. In heat stroke, the victim must be moved to the shadow, putting it on the back or immerse in water, and to provide fluids.
Burns and sunburn
Those who are suffering from numerous burns while tanning and it is usually children and adolescents are at greater risk of skin cancer later in life. Sunburn can also lead to side effects such as heat stroke, dehydration and fainting. And you just have to follow a few rules beautiful tan.
Accidents on the water
Drowning is the third place in the list of unintentional deaths. And about one in five people who died from drowning were under the age of 14. This suggests that these deaths could have been prevented with proper control, or learning to swim. Therefore swimming lessons are strongly recommended for those planning to travel on the sea or lake. Life jackets for teenagers also can save the life of a young tourist. What lurks beneath the surface of the water can also threaten the life and health of the bathers. Bacteria grow faster in the summer months, and in natural and artificial reservoirs full of them. When the level of microorganisms in the water reaches a certain threshold, it begins the phenomenon called “red tide. Red tide can cause serious disease in humans and kills fish and other living organisms.
Violent crime
The number of murders and violent crimes are increasing along with temperature. In a study conducted at the University of Albany, it was found that these crimes are seasonal in nature, peaking in the summer.
Food
In second place in the ranking of the most common dangers of summer is the food, especially the one to buy hands on the street. During travel tourists are eager to taste the exotic fruit, specialities and it is not surprising that in the summer have a huge number of food poisoning and digestive disorders. Salmonella, E. coli, and other bacteria lie in wait for their victims in undercooked or expired food.
Animal attacks
Animal attacks on people and the injury associated with it — often satellites of the summer. Most attacks are not by sharks or bears, but with more common mammals. This cows and other farm animals in the herd, and also the most dangerous breed of dog, which bites increase in the summer for an unknown reason. There is speculation that this is due to the large number of children playing on the streets. Snake bite summer is about 7000-8000 people annually, the benefit of the most venomous snakes distributed in a limited area. Statistics and bee stings were fatal in the period from summer 1999 to the summer of 2013 showed that more than 800 people have been killed by the bees during this period. While cases of shark attacks on humans are relatively rare, they still happen. National Geographic claims that 93% of shark attacks have been on men, mostly on surfers. The most deadly was in 2010, then there were 79 shark attacks on people in different parts of the world.
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