2024-07-12 03:00:09
On May 16, 2024, a SAMU operator received a call from the Emergency Regulation Service of the Pellegrin Hospital in Bordeaux.
“We don’t know much about health, but not much has changed on the ground since last summer”Agnès Ricard-Hibon, spokesman for the SAMU-Urgences de France alliance, said. In hospitals, human resources remain highly stretched, first and foremost in emergency services, where for many years summer has been synonymous with headaches. Closure “Beads” ; SMUR Team (Mobile First Aid and Resuscitation Structure) Less intervention in major emergencies; fewer emergency physicians…the same problem exists in many areas and is exacerbated during the summer vacation. A tone of resignation has now developed.
“Last summer, 163 services [sur 650] Must be closed in the evenings, evenings, weekends, 167 SMUR, Dr. Ricard-Hibon continued. We’ve sent out alerts but gotten nothing, so we don’t count anymore… We eventually got used to running in degraded mode. » On the ground, schedules are far from full due to a lack of emergency responders, but every region is looking “Best recipe”.
“The top priority is to maintain the ‘major emergency'”emphasizes an emergency doctor in the Val d’Oise department. She recalled the deployment of the “Braun Pack”, the 40 measures decided upon by the government and in particular by former Health Minister François Braun during the emergency situation in the summer of 2022 and since extended: 15 seconds to enact The regulatory measures for access to certain services and even access to nursing services (SAS) allow SAMU-SAS to organize themselves together with community medicine to respond to non-life emergencies… “Everything is still fragile and the situation varies from place to place.”she pointed out.
At the Ministry of Health, in the post-electoral period Frédéric Valletoux, a tenant of Boulevard Segur, was elected as representative of the Seine-et-Marne department (Horizon) and we are now reporting closure data from time to time. if we take action « The situation is fragile »as medical staff remains insufficient and is also described as “Less nervous” than the previous two summers. As facilities are able to reopen beds, that should ease emergency room crowding.
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Another improvement stands out: SAS now covers 86 sectors, or 94% of the population. Today, an average of 1.2 million such calls for unscheduled care requests are handled each month.
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