Health Monitoring During the Heat Wave in Brittany. Update as of July 30, 2019.

Key Points

From July 23, 2019, to July 25, 2019, Météo-France issued an orange heat wave alert for Ille-et-Vilaine. Météo-France did not issue any specific regional alerts for July 29, 2019.

Total healthcare utilization: Increase between July 23, 2019, and July 25, 2019, in SOS Médecins calls for all causes among those aged 75 and older, but remaining within normal fluctuations.

Healthcare utilization for the iCanicule1 composite indicator: An increase between July 23, 2019, and July 25, 2019, in the proportion of SOS Médecins calls related to iCanicule among all coded calls (all ages).

1 Hyperthermia, dehydration, and hyponatremia

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