At the national level, from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 August, Public Health France totaled 562 emergency room visits for pathologies directly linked to the heat.
With 100 heat-related emergency visits, the day of August 23 had not disrupted the functioning of French establishments. The figures were even qualified as “stable” compared to previous days. Except that the following days were even hotter. The temperature has even exceeded 35 ° in Île-de-France. As a result, the numbers of hospital consultations have climbed.
At the national level, from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 August, Public health France totaled 562 emergency room visits for pathologies directly related to heat, including 83 visits for children under 15 years old, and 298 visits to adults aged 75 or over (representing 53% of the total number of visits and a maximum of 2.9% of the total activity reached on Saturday August 27).
Saturday of all dangers
Worse yet, the Agency reports that 327 of these emergency room visits were followed by hospitalization. Adults aged 75 and over were the most concerned with the maximum share of hospitalizations reached on Friday, August 26 (5.4% of total activity). At SOS Médecins, we observed 302 consultations for pathologies directly related to heat during this weekend.
Finally, these epidemiologists have a particular focus on the day of Saturday, August 27, the most intense at the national level, which totaled 220 emergency room visits for pathologies directly linked to the heat of all ages against 208 passages for the day of 26 August. Fortunately, from Sunday August 28, there was a decrease in emergency room visits corresponding to the end of orange vigilance in the 43 departments.
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