As dangerously high temperatures sweep across parts of the United States and southern Europe this week, emergency workers are racing to mitigate the public health risk of heatstroke. The man tumbled into a ditch and the woman fainted, but they are now out of danger thanks to the intervention of SUMMA 112, she told AFP. – Treatment – When someone has heatstroke, the priority is to bring down their body temperature, for example by moving them into the shade or an air-conditioned room — anything to shield them from the sun, Rodriguez explained.