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The utility of ambulance dispatch call syndromic surveillance for detecting and assessing the health impact of extreme weather events in England
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Packer, Simon, Loveridge, Paul, Soriano, Ana, Morbey, Roger, Todkill, Daniel, Thompson, Ross, Rayment-Bishop, Tracy, James, Cathryn, Pillin, Hilary, Smith, Gillian and Elliot, Alex J. (2022) The utility of ambulance dispatch call syndromic surveillance for detecting and assessing the health impact of extreme weather events in England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (7). e3876. doi:10.3390/ijerph19073876
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073876
Abstract
Extreme weather events present significant global threats to health. The National Ambulance Syndromic Surveillance System collects data on 18 syndromes through chief presenting complaint (CPC) codes. We aimed to determine the utility of ambulance data to monitor extreme temperature events for action. Daily total calls were observed between 01/01/2018−30/04/2019. Median daily ’Heat/Cold’ CPC calls during “known extreme temperature” (identified a priori), “extreme temperature”; (within 5th or 95th temperature percentiles for central England) and meteorological alert periods were compared to all other days using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. During the study period, 12,585,084 calls were recorded. In 2018, median daily “Heat/Cold” calls were higher during periods of known extreme temperature: heatwave (16/day, 736 total) and extreme cold weather events (28/day, 339 total) compared to all other days in 2018 (6/day, 1672 total). Median daily “Heat/Cold” calls during extreme temperature periods (16/day) were significantly higher than non-extreme temperature periods (5/day, p 0.001). Ambulance data can be used to identify adverse impacts during periods of extreme temperature. Ambulance data are a low resource, rapid and flexible option providing real-time data on a range of indicators. We recommend ambulance data are used for the surveillance of presentations to healthcare related to extreme temperature events.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Public health -- Great Britain -- Data processing, Ambulance service -- Great Britain, Human beings -- Effect of climate on, Weather -- Health aspects | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||
| Publisher: | M D P I AG | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 24 March 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||
| Number: | 7 | ||||||
| Article Number: | e3876 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19073876 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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