David Eisenman speaks on L.A. county’s first chief heat officer and the dangers of heat waves | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
June 06, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: KCBS-TV

UCLA Expert: David Eisenman: Professor-in-Residence, Department of Community Health Sciences; Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine; Deputy Director, Community Partnerships

Synopsis: L.A. County appointed its first chief heat officer. Eisenman was at the event, highlighting the dangers of heatwaves and the importance of being prepared.

UCLA News: “On any day with extreme heat, emergency rooms in Los Angeles see an additional 1,500 patients,” Eisenman commented. “We estimate an additional 16 people die on a single day of heat in Los Angeles County, and that by the fifth day of a heat wave there are 40 extra deaths that day.”