The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reminding Rhode Islanders to take precautions to stay healthy and safe when shoveling snow. Because shoveling can cause sudden increases in blood pressure and heart rate, it can causes heart attacks.
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The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reminding Rhode Islanders to take precautions to stay healthy and safe when shoveling snow. Because shoveling can cause sudden increases in blood pressure and heart rate, it can causes heart attacks. Shoveling can also cause shoulder and back injuries.
Before shoveling
While shoveling
Additional winter health tips are available online at health.us5.list-manage.com.
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Justanidiot
Especially if you work for the city and are clearing sidewalks. Take extra time in doing them to avoid strain. If you get to them around April or May they should be manageable. The only hard part will be dealing with the bodies of people who had to walk in traffic on the way to school or to the bus.
Thursday, January 11, 2018 Report this
RISchadenfreude
Support the economy: Pay a local kid to do it (if any come to your door- they are increasingly rare).
Monday, January 15, 2018 Report this