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News Release from: Watkins Hire | Subject: KwikCOOL hire
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 July 2007
Emergency cooling for combating the
heatwaves
KwikCOOL air conditioning hire offers heatwave emergency preparedness planning, particularly necessary for care, nursing and residential homes
Most of us enjoy sunny weather, but extreme heat can seriously damage your health During a heatwave, when temperatures stay really high day after day, it can sometimes be fatal
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Extreme heat is dangerous to everyone, especially older people, and especially those living in care homes.
During a heatwave, when temperatures remain abnormally high for longer than a couple of days, it can prove fatal: climate change means that heatwaves are likely to become more common in England.
In one hot nine-day period in south-east England in August 2003, there were nearly 2,000 extra deaths.
The biggest increase in risk of death was among those in care homes.
NHS trusts and care, nursing and residential homes are raising awareness among staff about the very significant heat-related health risks.
The government has identified high-risk groups who are vulnerable to the effects of heat are physiologically unable to cool themselves efficiently once temperatures rise above 26C.
Therefore, every care, nursing and residential home should be able to provide a room or area that maintains a temperature of 26C or below.
KwikCOOL is one of the UK's fastest growing Air Conditioning Hire companies, helping care, nursing and residential homes stay cool and productive, KwikCOOL Aircon hire are the only UK air conditioning hire company to comply 100% with F Gas Rules: all of our Aircon rental fleet comply.
A specialist brochure is available to download from the website, entitled 'KwikCOOL supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave'.
For a survey of your care home, to comply with the government Heatwave plan legislation, contact Mark Biddell at KwikCOOL Aircon Hire, a division of Watkins Hire.
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