"Less incidents of heat stroke and exhaustion occur when temperatures climb above 100 degrees"

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But despite the heat, media relations specialists at both Covenant Health System and University Medical Center Health System said the hospitals saw few heat-related trips to the emergency room.

Less incidents of heat stroke and exhaustion occur when temperatures climb above 100 degrees because nobody wants to go outside when it gets that hot, said Dr. E. Joe Sasin, medical director of UMC Emergency Center and UMC Lubbock EMS.

"I think folks are being really smart," Sasin said.