The number of people over the age of 75 admitted to the Île-de-France emergency room has been on the rise since the start of the heat wave.
The consequences of the intense heat episode are starting to be felt in the hospitals of the Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris. Prepared for the heatwave, the 39 establishments in the Paris region are vigilant about the symptoms of heat in patients admitted to the emergency room.
Tuesday, June 20, they recorded an increase in consultations. In particular, people over the age of 75 are affected. But nothing alarming for the moment, estimates the AP-HP in a press release.
“At this stage, we do not see any impact on the overall number of emergency visits, nor on the number of admissions or transfers downstream from the emergency room, in the wards. “
Heat wave plan
The AP-HP had prepared. It carries out daily updates on the activity of its emergencies and has ensured a sufficient supply of beds, in order to identify and deal with any upsurge in activity.
It also took care of its technical installations, to ensure the proper functioning of the cooling systems, in particular for operating theaters and computer rooms.
Hot night
For the music festival, this Wednesday, the AP-HP had also strengthened its regulatory staff at the SAMU75. The temperatures of this day, announced as the hottest of the week, associated with alcoholism, were feared. In Paris, the mercury reached 23.7 ° C overnight. A record for a night in June.
The sirens of the emergency services sounded much of the night in the streets of Paris, and the emergency admissions figures published during the day by the AP-HP could indicate a significant number of incidents.
In the middle of a party, a 35-year-old man died. He was fished out in the Seine by the river brigade, in cardio-respiratory arrest. Despite the intervention of the emergency services, he could not be revived. He would have jumped voluntarily from the Pont Neuf, according to the Police.
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