Heat wave 2025: This is how everyone protects themselves from fatal heat!

Heat wave 2025: This is how everyone protects themselves from fatal heat!

Bergstraße, Deutschland - The temperatures rise and not just in Hesse! Forecasts indicate a hot summer 2025, which presents all of us with great challenges. In the summer of 2024, Germany already recorded over 3,000 heat -related deaths, and the health risks of heat waves are still serious. The Johanniter accident help has now published a free e-book for heat protection that offers valuable tips on prevention, especially for endangered groups such as older people, children and those in need of care. Johanniter reports on recommendations, such as avoiding exhausting activities during the hottest day and drinking 2-3 liters Liquid daily.

If things go really hot again, dehydration, heat stroke and cardiovascular problems are unfortunately frequent emergencies. The current health statistics also speak a clear language: In summer 2022, around 9,100 people died in Germany due to extreme heat, a number that exceeds deaths from traffic accidents and drug use together. ZDF emphasizes that older people and people with previous illnesses such as respiratory diseases, diabetes or cardiovascular problems are particularly at risk. Their ability to adapt to high temperatures decreases, which increases the risk of heat damage.

practical tips for the heat

In the e-book, there are also clear recommendations on how to better survive the hot days. This includes looking shady, cool places as well as wearing airy clothing and headgear. In addition, sunscreens with a high sun protection factor should be used. In the case of symptoms such as nausea or circulatory problems, it is important to act immediately and, if necessary, contact the emergency services. Prevention is the smartest way.

• Avoid exhausting activities
• Cool places visit
• 2-3 liters of liquid drink daily (water, unsweetened teas)
• breathable clothes wear
• Use sunscreen with high sun protection factor

In Germany, climate change has already led to the temperatures and more common heat waves. The last three years have been the warmest since regular measurements. This shows how important it is to prepare and develop heat action plans. A study by the Technical University of Munich shows that the creation of more green areas and water areas in cities can significantly reduce heat stress. Experts therefore demand that municipalities have to take active steps to improve heat protection. Pharmacies Umschau explained that only about a quarter of the Bavarian cities have taken measures to support the population in hot waves.

It is time to take measures! The Johanniter accident aid, which has been active in population since 1952, provides a valuable resource with its e-book. Because as the organization aptly puts: "Prevention is gold, first aid is silver." The population is invited to find out about heat protection to get through the coming summer.