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Dr. David Sklar has been an emergency physician for about 40 years.

So it's safe to say there's not a whole lot left that surprises him anymore.

He has seen two major health crises. the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and of course the COVID-19 pandemic.

But now he says he's witnessing a third crisis, extreme heat.

Depending on how hot it is that week, I was working shifts where I would see at least

one or two, every single shift, and it was life or death.

So that's a lot.

I mean, that's more than the number of people I see

who are on the edge of death from heart attack

or a major motor vehicle crash.

We've seen a lot of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.

Some of those people also have burns.

When they collapse, they will sometimes end up on the pavement and the pavement is very hot.

Sometimes the pavement could be 130, 140 degrees.

You see Dr. Schler is talking about victims of extreme heat.

That's because he lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.

And just recently, Phoenix crossed a major milestone.

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