Heat Wave and Health Alert System in Occitanie. Epidemiological Update as of August 6, 2017.
Key Points
Two departments are under an orange heat wave alert and two are 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:
14 emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses across the region; these visits involved 36% of people under 15 and 29% of people aged 75 and older. Approximately 36% 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 15 to 44 and 1 person under 15.
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