ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2012
Emergency department visits, ambulance calls, and mortality associated with an exceptional heat wave in Sydney, Australia, 2011: a time-series analysis.
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- The Impact of Heat Waves on Health Care Services in Low- or Middle-Income Countries: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Emergency department visits respond nonlinearly to wildfire smoke.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- The 2022 Summer record-breaking heatwave and health information-seeking behaviours: an infodemiology study in Mainland China.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- The Impacts of Heat Waves on Hospital Admissions and Mortality in the Fethiye Province of Turkey.Portuguese journal of public health · 2023Article
- Determining the Impact of Heatwaves on Emergency Ambulance Calls in Queensland: A Retrospective Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Heatwaves and mortality in Queensland 2010-2019: implications for a homogenous state-wide approach.International journal of biometeorology · 2023Article
- Emergency Department Visits and Summer Temperatures in Bologna, Northern Italy, 2010-2019: A Case-Crossover Study and Geographically Weighted Regression Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundFrom January 30-February 6, 2011, New South Wales was affected by an exceptional heat wave, which broke numerous records. Near real-time Emergency Department (ED) and ambulance surveillance allowed rapid detection of an increase in the number of heat-related ED visits and ambulance calls during this period. The purpose of this study was to quantify the excess heat-related and all-cause ED visits and ambulance calls, and excess all-cause mortality, associated with the heat wave.
methodsED and ambulance data were obtained from surveillance and administrative databases, while mortality data were obtained from the state death registry. The observed counts were compared with the average counts from the same period from 2006/07 through 2009/10, and a Poisson regression model was constructed to calculate the number of excess ED visits, ambulance and deaths after adjusting for calendar and lag effects.
resultsDuring the heat wave there were 104 and 236 ED visits for heat effects and dehydration respectively, and 116 ambulance calls for heat exposure. From the regression model, all-cause ED visits increased by 2% (95% CI 1.01-1.03), all-cause ambulance calls increased by 14% (95% CI 1.11-1.16), and all-cause mortality increased by 13% (95% CI 1.06-1.22). Those aged 75 years and older had the highest excess rates of all outcomes.
conclusionsThe 2011 heat wave resulted in an increase in the number of ED visits and ambulance calls, especially in older persons, as well as an increase in all-cause mortality. Rapid surveillance systems provide markers of heat wave impacts that have fatal outcomes.
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