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Monday, August 23, 1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Heat raises concerns of related illnesses
Drinking water, staying in a cool area can prevent heat cramps, exhaustion
By Liz Klinger
Kansan staff writer
In sweltering 90-degree heat, Lea Thu Erazmus, lawrence senior, did all she could Thursday to keep cool as the Baby Jay muscoot.
"That's the only way I can survive." Errazurus said.
She wore only a camisole underneath her polyester fur outfit.
Erazmus said she cooled off by taking a break inside the air-conditioned Kansas Union during Unionfest and
drinking a Sprite
She was trying to avoid a heat-related illness, something physicians at Watkins Memorial Health Center treat every summer.
The intake of fluids, especially water, is one of the best ways to prevent heat-related illnesses, said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins.
Last week, Watkins treated approximately 20 heat-related illnesses.
exhaustion and heat stroke were the three most common heat related illnesses. Heat cramps, the earliest sign of heat-related injury, occur when muscles involuntarily contract for a prolonged period because of the loss of bodily fluids and salts. Symptoms of heat cramps include profuse sweating and dizziness.
Yockey said that heat cramps, heat
Barbara Schuhker, director of nurses at the Lawrence Douglas County Health Department, 336 Missouri St., said heat cramps can be treated by moving sufferers to a cooler environment and giving them sips of water that are cool but not ice-cold.
Heat exhaustion is a condition that forms when blood in the capillaries closest to the skin's surface begin pooling and taking blood away from
Victims of heat exhaustion also should move to a cooler area, drink sips of cool water and restrict strenuous activity for seven to 10 days.
the major organs. People experiencing a heat stroke may have headaches and a fluttery feeling in the chest.
Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related illness and requires immediate medical attention. It has a 20 percent mortality rate. Schmitter said,
Victims of heat stroke do not perspire. Indicators of heat stroke include a loss of consciousness, dry, hot and reddened skin, deep breathing, muscle twitching, a fast pulse, dilated pupils and a temperature of 105 degrees or more.
Yockey said a high internal body
temperature of 106 degrees or more causes the liver, which is mostly protein, to coagulate. He said that most deaths were the result of liver failure.
Schnitzer said most heat stroke vtms were infants or the elderly.
Yockey said that an awareness of heat-related illnesses and taking measures to prevent them would safeguard most people from a high risk condition.
"You don't go from heat cramps to heat stroke in ten minutes," said Yockey. "By the time you get heat stroke, you have ignored a lot of symptoms for a long time."
Beat the heat
How to prevent heat related illness es
- Drink plenty of fluids, especially water, to keep the body hydrated at all times.
- Wear lightweight, light colored clothing.
- Stay away from alcohol, caffeine and drinks containing large amounts of caffeine which should be kept out.
- Reduce levels of physical activity during the hotstreet part of the day, which is usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and ensures hydration at 4 a.m.
- Allow the body to adjust to new environments and activities.
Use sunscreen and limit time in the sun to avoid a sunburn.
Check your urine color and amount.
Fee payment, zone limit sidewalk solicitation
Urine will be clear and in large quam,
if the body is healthy. An unhealthy
person's urine will be dark yellow, infrequent and in small amounts.
By Shan Schwartz
Source: Charles Yockey KANSAN
Bachelor's Degree
Kansan staff writer
KU students trying to pay their fees or attend their first classes of the semester must first walk through a corridor of people pushing coupon books, credit card applications and newspaper subscriptions.
These people line the sidewalks between Dyche and Lippincott halls, distributing their products to students, many of whom are not interested.
Ann Eversole, director of the Organizations and Activities Center and head of the University Events Committee, said she walks through the group of solicitors each August to check up on those who are marketing on campus.
The gantlet, as Eversole calls it, is not as bad this year compared to previous years because of mail-in fee payment and a no-solicitation zone. The zone, which prevents the groups from operating in the area, is marked by signs in front of the Kansas Union and Dyche Hall during Hawk Weel and the first week of classes.
Eversole said that approval from the Events committee is not needed to distribute literature on campus. However, any collection of names or
money, such as selling newspaper subscriptions, must be approved by the committee. To be approved, an event must be sponsored by a registered organization or University unit.
Lara Hayes, Lawrence graduate student, was hired by Manpower, a temporary employment agency, to hand out credit card applications on campus last week.
"People shun us," she said. "I think freshman take our stuff because they haven't been through this. But once they have, they usually don't take it again."
Andy Goldblatt, owner of Airmark Advertising in Overland Park, markets credit cards at the University of Kansas and colleges in the metropolitan Kansas City area. He said that mail-in fee payment at KU had reduced his return on applications, but he that would still come to KU each August to distribute flyers to students.
Some students are happy to take advantage of the free materials available.
"It's not too bad when you can just ignore them," said Fanolo. "But when they shove it at you, I don't like it."
Chanda Fanolio, Mission Hills sophomore, said that she thought the vendors were annoying.
Lawrence residents Jason Alonzo and Scott Giesler hand out coupons Thursday to passers-by on Javahawk Boulevard.
Renee Knoeber/ KANSAN
Start of new semester is good news for some businesses
By Carlos Tejada
University of California
Summer business may be bad business for some Lawrence merchants.
With the shortage of students, it is not feasible to keep your doors open during the summers.
When more than 25,000 University of Kansas students leave for the summer, business can be difficult, sad Betty Markley, small business and membership services coordinator with the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
Drew Yarbrough, assistant manager of Bull Winkles Bake, 1344 Tennessee St., said he was
glad that the bar closed after graduation because most bars that were open during the summer lost money.
"During the summer, there are only a few places people go," he said.
Concerns about losing money also closed the Wheel Tavern, 507 W. 14th St. John Wooden, owner of the tavern, said he closed for lack of business despite requests that he keep his doors open.
"People ask me, 'Why do you close in the summer?' he said. "I tell them I remodel."
One business, Joe's Bakery, 616 W. 9th St. closes during the summer even though its owner said he could do well in the summer.
Ralph Smith, owner, said the bakery closed so that he could rest.
"Really, the best way for me to do business is to close the doors and walk away and come back in August," he said. "It's worked for me for 13 years."
Angie Hawkins, manager of the Glass Onion,
624 W. 12th St., said that after four years of business the Glass Onion had enough local clientele to stay open next summer. In past years, the restaurant has closed during school holidays and between semesters.
"We got a response from our customers that they would like to see us open all year round," she said.
But she said the first summer might be tough.
"We want to be around here all the time, but we have to look at the bottom line," she said. "It's very difficult to do business with the students gone."
But closing for the summer might not be a smart business move, Markley said. The closure might drive away customers who live in Lawrence all year.
"If you have other clientele, you may lose them and they might not come back," she said.
The Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St., closed for the summer in 1988, said Ken Wallace, the bar's owner. The bar's clientele was mostly
younger students because the drinking age then was 18. Now that the bar's customers tend to be older and have the means to live in Lawrence during the summer, it stays open all year.
Wallace she he stayed open because he did not want to lose any regular chentele and because he wanted to keep his local customers. He can tolerate the slump in business.
"Sometimes it seems like you're spinning your wheels, but I figure it's better to be open than closed," he said.
Wallace said that summer business con-
cerns disappeared when classes begin.
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