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在萨城，请避免室外运动！戴N95！这次不是为防疫而是防雾霾！
（KCRA）Unhealthy for everybody’: Sacramento area physicians on bad air quality from wildfire smoke
因野火烟雾导致空气质量极差！萨城医生表示，对每个人的身体都会有危害！
The smoke in the air didn't seem to be bothering some people in Sacramento on Friday as they went about their day jogging, walking their dogs and playing tennis in various parks across the city — despite the air quality index being at 165.
周五，萨克拉门托的一些人似乎并没有受到空气中的烟雾的困扰，他们在城市的各个公园里慢跑、遛狗和打网球，尽管空气质量指数高达165。
But two Sacramento area emergency room physicians suggest everyone be very careful.
但是萨克拉门托地区的两位急诊室医生建议大家要非常小心。
Dr. Vanessa Walker of Pulmonary Medicine Associates said there's a reason for concern once the air quality index reaches 100.
肺部医学协会(Pulmonary Medicine Associates)的瓦内萨·沃克(Vanessa Walker)医生表示，一旦空气质量指数达到100，就有理由担心。
"For most people, when it's up over 150, that's definitely up there, but once you get in the two, 300 range, that's unhealthy for everybody," Walker said.
沃克说:“对大多数人来说，当它超过150时，那肯定是很高的，但一旦你达到2，300的范围，那对每个人都不健康。”
Although the air quality index in Sacramento was 165, the Lake Tahoe area saw numbers as high as 530 on Wednesday morning.
尽管萨克拉门托的空气质量指数是165，但周三上午太浩湖地区的空气质量指数高达530。
Emergency department physician Dr. Nick Sawyer, of UC Davis Health, said there's an uptick of patients in the ER with breathing issues.
加州大学戴维斯分校的急诊科医生尼克·索耶博士说，有呼吸问题的病人在急诊室增加。
"There are a number of people coming into our emergency department with cough and congestion, sore throats, stuffy runny nose and they think they have coronavirus," Sawyer said.
索耶说:“有很多人来我们的急诊科是因为咳嗽、鼻塞、喉咙痛、流鼻涕，他们认为自己感染了冠状病毒。”
He added that after their COVID-19 test comes back negative, they can often attribute those symptoms to the smoky air outside.
他补充说，在他们的COVID-19检测结果呈阴性后，他们往往会将这些症状归咎于室外的烟雾。
Both doctors emphasize the importance of recognizing the signs and knowing when to call 911.
两位医生都强调了识别症状和知道何时拨打911的重要性。
"If they're struggling to breathe, if they're breathing rapidly, if it looks like they're using the muscles in their neck to breathe," Walker said, saying that's when she recommends calling for help.
如果他们呼吸困难，如果他们呼吸迅速，如果他们看起来像是在用脖子上的肌肉来呼吸，”沃克说，她建议这个时候赶紧打电话求助。
"If you hear them audibly wheezing, that's another sign, " said Sawyer. "Another thing would be if they have change in their color."
“如果你听到他们发出喘息的声音，那又是另一个迹象，”索耶说。另一件迹象是，如果他们的脸色都变了。”
Sawyer went on to say if their lips are blue and they're sweating a lot, call 911 immediately.
索耶接着说，如果他们的嘴唇发紫，出汗多，立即拨打911。
Both also said the public should educate themselves more about this, because wildfire smoke is becoming more common.
两人还表示，公众应该在这方面进行更多的教育，因为野火烟雾正变得越来越普遍。
"Every time there's a wildfire in the area, we see an increase in the number of patients that visit the emergency departments, particularly those who have chronic lung disease," Sawyer said. "Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, COPD, are the two big ones."
索耶说:“每当该地区发生野火，我们就会看到前往急诊室的病人人数增加，尤其是那些患有慢性肺病的人。”“哮喘、慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)是两大疾病。”
"This is going to be every year," Walker said. "This is not going to go away anytime soon. We all need to kind of become experts on how to deal with this."
“这将是每年的，”沃克说。“这种情况不会很快消失。我们都需要成为如何应对这种情况的专家。”
Sawyer recommends anyone working outdoors speak with their employers about making it a short day.
索耶建议，任何在户外工作的人都要和雇主谈谈，尽量缩短一天的工作时间。
Walker recommends avoiding the outdoors as much as possible. For anyone who must be outdoors, Walker said she "would absolutely recommend wearing an N95 mask."
沃克建议尽量避免在户外活动。对于那些必须外出的人，沃克说，她“绝对建议戴上N95口罩。”
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