Packer, Simon, Loveridge, Paul, Soriano, Ana, Morbey, Roger, Todkill, Dan, Thompson, Ross, Rayment-Bishop, Tracy, James, Cathryn, Pillin, Hilary, Smith, Gillian et al (show 1 more authors)
(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).
3876-.
|
Text
The Utility of Ambulance Dispatch Call Syndromic Surveillance for Detecting and Assessing the Health Impact of Extreme Weath.pdf - Published version Download (1MB) | Preview |
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: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | weather, emergency medical dispatch, hot temperature, cold temperature, climate change, ambulance, public health, surveillance |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2022 13:59 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2023 07:41 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19073876 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073876 |
| Related URLs: | |
| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3156014 |
Dimensions
Dimensions
