Residents in Southern California are urged to get their outdoor activities done early as the National Weather Service says there will be “significant heat” throughout the week.
"Significantly hot temperatures will affect interior areas and coastal valleys through Monday,” they said. “High temperatures will peak between 100 to 108 degrees, hottest over the L.A. County interior through Monday. “
The NWS added that high temperatures in the Coastal Valleys and Santa Monica Mountains will peak between 95 through 105.
Dr. Angelique Campen, an ER doctor with Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, told KNX News it’s important people avoid staying out in the heat too long.
“That’s when your temperature can rise to very dangerous levels. We're talking 105 106 and that's where you see brain damage,” she said. “That's where you see people die.”
Dr. Campen added she saw a lot of patients come into the ER this past weekend for heat-related illnesses.
“So a lot of people need to be brought by ambulance because they're so weak and their blood pressure has fallen that they can't stand up,” she said.
One of those patients, she said, was a teenager.
“I had a teenager from a theme park that, that didn't stay hydrated and her blood pressure was low…she fainted and ended up needing stitches on her head,” she said.
She encourages people to stay hydrated and stay indoors as much as possible as the heat continues.
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