Extreme heat taking toll on Metro Atlanta paramedics
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The extreme heat has local paramedics working around the clock.
American Medical Response said they’ve received an influx of heat-related calls.
Paramedic Briana Briscoe said the precautions they stress to the public are those responding to heat emergencies.
“We’re exposed to heat just as much as the citizens are,” said Briscoe.