Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement

Weather Updated: Jan 23 11:23AM

Issued by the National Weather Service

For Northwestern Burlington, New Jersey

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 12PM EST TUE ...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...EAST CENTRAL WARREN...MERCER...SOMERSET...MORRIS... HUNTERDON...SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY... SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...PHILADELPHIA AND NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES... AT 1121 AM EST, RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ANDOVER TO CHESTNUT HILL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE SHOWERS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PHILADELPHIA, TRENTON, CAMDEN, NEW BRUNSWICK, MORRISTOWN, SOMERVILLE, NEWTON, SOMERSET, EDISON, CHERRY HILL, OLD BRIDGE, BENSALEM, EAST BRUNSWICK, EVESHAM, BRIDGEWATER, SOUTH BRUNSWICK, MOUNT LAUREL, NORTH BRUNSWICK, EWING AND WILLINGBORO.

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Issued by the National Weather Service

Issued by the National Weather Service

For Northwestern Burlington, New Jersey

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 11:15AM EST WED ...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS THROUGH THE DAY... SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADS THROUGH THE DAY. LIGHT SNOW IS WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. ANY NEW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AND ARE EXPECTED TO STAY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE DAY. THUS, ANY STANDING WATER FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION COULD FREEZE CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY. REDUCE SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA FOLLOWING DISTANCE WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

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Facts about CPRSudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in adults. Most arrests occur in persons with underlying heart disease. CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest. 75% of all cardiac arrests happen in people's homes. The typical victim of cardiac arrest is a man in his early 60's and a woman in her late 60's. Cardiac arrest occurs twice as frequently in men compared to women. CPR was invented in 1960 There has never been a case of HIV transmitted by mouth-to-mouth CPR. In sudden cardiac arrest the heart goes from a normal heartbeat to a quivering rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). This happens in approximately 2/3rds of all cardiac arrests. VF is fatal unless an electric shock, called defibrillation, can be given. CPR does not stop VF but CPR extends the window of time in which defibrillation can be effective. CPR provides a trickle of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart and keeps these organs alive until defibrillation can shock the heart into a normal rhythm.If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and defibrillation provided within 10 minutes a person has a 40% chance of survival. www.necprclass.com

SNOW SPORTS SAFETY AND COLD WEATHER EMERGENCY CARE

For much of the U.S., the snowy season is well underway. Before your family heads out for a day of playing in the fresh powder, make snow sports safety a priority and be ready to respond to a cold weather emergency.

Children’s Hospital of Colorado offers these timely tips for neighborhood sledders and skaters:

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• Choose a good sledding hill, one that has a clear path without obstacles in the way. Make sure that the hill does not end on a street, road, parking lot or any bodies of water such as a pond or river.
• Never sled downhill headfirst.Sit up facing forward to steer. Risks of head and back injuries are greater by lying down on the sled.
• If you aren’t skating in a rink, be sure to call local authorities to ask which areas have been approved and to ask permission to skate on a pond or lake.
• Make sure your skates are sharpened and that the weather has been cold enough for at least one week before skating on a pond or lake.

For skiers and snowboarders, safety becomes an even greater concern. January is National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month, reminding us that the most important piece of gear you can take to the mountain is the appropriate helmet for your sport. According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, a study that compared seven “extreme sports” activities found that:

• Skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing and motocross had the highest number of head and neck injuries
• Snowboarding had the most concussions. In fact, about 30% of concussions in extreme sports occurred in snowboarding. Snow skiing was associated with about 25% of concussions.

Always wear your helmet and always ski or board within your ability level. For more on skiing and boarding injuries, see our blog post Winter Sports Safety.

No matter your choice of snow sports, be sure you are adequately dressed for winter weather. As the recent frigid conditions across the country have shown, cold temperatures can be deadly.

Hypothermia and Emergency CareCold, wet temperatures can result in a lowering of the internal body temperature. Hypothermia, a generalized cooling of the body, occurs when the internal core body temperature has decreased to 95° F or less. It is a life-threatening condition.

To help recognize hypothermia, look for pale, cold skin, uncontrollable shivering, loss of coordination, difficulty speaking and an altered mental status. Severe hypothermia can result in the loss of shivering and a slowing of the breathing and heart rate.

To care for the person, carefully and gently move them to a warmer place. Remove wet clothing and cover the person with something dry and warm. Cover their head and neck to retain body heat.

If available, activate EMS and get an AED. As the body temperature gets lower, body processes become impaired and eventually fail. Cardiac arrest may occur.

If you are far from professional medical care, begin actively re-warming the person. Place him near a heat source. Put containers of warm, but not hot, water in contact with the person’s skin.

To learn more about cold weather emergency care and a wide range of other first aid topics, consider taking an ASHI or MEDIC First Aid class. You can find a Training Center near you by clicking here.

Note to First Responders: If you and your crew need continuing education training to fulfill your requirements and help you meet the challenges of responding to winter emergencies, the 24-7 library offers courses on:

• Cold Weather Emergencies: Hypothermia
• Sports Injuries
• Extreme Sports Injuries: Extremity Trauma

Some things you shouldn't leave in your car

As a winter storm is expected to dump snow and ice all along the East Coast this week and temperatures continue to drop, here are some things you shouldn't leave in your car:

Cellphones
Apple advises against storing the iPhone or iPad at temperatures below negative-4 degrees, and they shouldn't be operated at temperatures lower than 32 degrees. There are similar recommendations for Samsung phones and other electronics. Lithium-ion batteries popular in cellphones are the most vulnerable component to cold, USA TODAY reports. They can stop working in extreme cold but should be OK once you get back indoors. However, repeated exposure to subzero temperatures can cause problems. 

Soda or beer
Water expands when it freezes. And for canned liquids under pressure, that can mean explosion. The freeze temperature for Coca-Cola is 30 degrees, and the temperature for beer that's 5% alcohol by volume is 27 degrees (higher-alcohol beers freeze at lower temperatures), as NJ.com reported. 

Musical instruments
Things contract when they freeze, so this can cause some instruments to go out of tune. More seriously, "damage can be done when an instrument shrinks as a result of the cold air. If your instrument is made of real wood, the cold air can cause cracking, which is very expensive to repair. Sometimes they are broken beyond repair," according to The Real School of Music. If an instrument is left in a freezing car for a long period, try to make it warm up gradually. 

Eggs
Eggs shouldn't be allowed to freeze in their shells; if that happens, throw away any cracked eggs. Keep the un-cracked ones frozen, and move them to the refrigerator before use. "These can be hard cooked successfully, but other uses may be limited. That's because freezing causes the yolk to become thick and syrupy so it will not flow like an unfrozen yolk or blend very well with the egg white or other ingredients," according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service. 

Canned foods
Letting a can of beans freeze allows for the water to freeze and expand in a similar way to beer and soda. The USDA advises that this can result in a broken seal, causing spoilage. If canned food freezes, allow it to thaw in a refrigerator. "If the product doesn't look and/or smell normal, throw it out. DO NOT TASTE IT! If the seams have rusted or burst, throw the cans out immediately, wrapping the burst can in plastic and disposing the food where no one, including animals can get it," according to the USDA.

Medication
If you're visiting a pharmacy during the deep freeze, consider that some medications can be affected by low temperatures. "Drugs like insulin can lose their effectiveness if they freeze. The same goes for any so-called suspended medication that has to be shaken before use," according to a report in The New York Times. 

Loved ones
This should be obvious. But it's worth noting that children and elderly people can be more susceptible to hypothermia at cold temperatures, with symptoms such as shivering, confusion and exhaustion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So even limited amounts of time in an unheated vehicle could be dangerous. The same goes for pets.

Issued by the National Weather Service

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 9AM EST WED ...ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE... SNOW AND ICE MELT FROM YESTERDAY HAS REFROZE OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT, SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE, PRIMARILY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ON THE MORNING COMMUTE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING IN ALL BUT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.