Heat Wave and Health Alert System in Occitanie. Epidemiological Update as of August 5, 2017.

Key Points

Three departments are under an orange heat wave alert and one is under a yellow heat wave alert.

Since the start of the heat wave: no significant change in the number of heat-related medical calls in either the OSCOUR® or SOS Médecins networks

For yesterday:

  • 5 visits to emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses across the region; these visits primarily involved people aged 75 and older. Approximately 20% of emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses were followed by hospitalization.

  • 2 SOS Médecins consultations for heat-related illnesses; these consultations involved 1 person aged 75 or older and 1 person aged 15.

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