“We are in an increased alert phase”

“The heat wave is like the flu. Consequently, we know that the wave will happen to us. Moreover, We have to prepare for it ”. However, Confides Florence Fayard-Gonon, emergency doctor at the Villeurbanne Médipôle (Métropole du Grand Lyon). Meanwhile, “we increased alert phase” Telephone in one hand. For example, table of the beds available in the other, the doctor with joggers sneakers regulates the flow of patients in the emergency department of the private health establishment of collective interest, born in 2019 to the merger of several Lyonnais clinics.

On the ground floor of modern buildings, the situation is relatively calm, this morning on Friday August 15. Sprains, discomfort, fever, dehydration, nothing vital. In the medico-child position, nicknamed “La Ruche”, a dozen professionals are acting without stress, one eye on monitorings. Since midnight, 76 people have been admitted. The day before, the number rose to 270 for the day. “In periods of uncertainty. tension, we observe peaks of frequentation that is quite unexpected, very unequal, the strongest often comes after weekends. This variation phenomenon increases in summer. calm follows the storm ”notes Florence Fayard-Gonon, between two calls for the geriatric service, “we increased alert phase” to find out about the available beds. “The key is the organization. the agreement between the services, so that patients are oriented in the right place quickly. The slightest imbalance in the chain can make the situation uncontrollable to us. it is the lot of emergencies of course, but with the heat wave, we are on the alert ”, said the emergency room, smile on a permanent lips.

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