Emergencies wondered more than usual during the heat wave. In the regions concerned with orange and red surveillance issued due to the warm climate by Météo-France, extreme temperatures have been observed, sometimes accompanied by an episode of contamination.
A heat wave that requested a greater participation of care services in France: according to public health, France, between Friday, August 8 and Monday, August 11, 45.3% of the metropolitan population was worried about at least one day of orange surveillance and in parallel the number of emergency passes and consultations with SOS doctors in relation to the heat wave increased significantly.
A duplication of 15-44-year-old emergencies
Therefore, emergency services have received more than 100 passages per day linked to the warm climate. The number of Sos Doctors consultations is also increasing, with about thirty consultations linked to the heat wave.
“The increases are observed for all age groups and more marked for children aged 15 to 44 for which there is a duplication of the emergency number,” said Health France public, about 20 passages in the middle of the usual ten. Most patients had hyperthermia or heat blows.
The same observation for consultations with the doctors of SOS, where this age group is overrepresented. The consultations focused mainly on heat blows.
The participation of more than 75 years, among the most vulnerable to the heat wave, in the total emergency activity has been stable, says the public of Santé France. Those under 15 represent less than 10% of all emergencies and consultations.
Still temporary figures
However, if several people wanted to consult a doctor in the face of the effects of heat, no remarkable evolution was observed during the same period of use of emergency care in all causes or hospitalizations all causes.
However, these figures remain provisional, since the impact of heat wave on the use of attention can be delayed in a few days. In the same way, for excessive mortality that could be linked to the warm climate: “Excess can only be estimated that one month after the scoring episode,” France’s public health alert.
After the last heat wave at the end of June, at least 480 dead “in excess” all causes were recorded. A mortality of 5.5% that is not necessarily linked to heat, but will be confirmed by the estimation of mortality specifically “attributable to heat”, in a summer evaluation carried out after September 15, France announced public health.
However, the organization has already announced a series of fatal drowning upstart after this heat wave at the beginning of summer, with 429 drowning, including 109 Deadly. This corresponds to a very high increase of 95% of drowning in 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Source: BFM TV
