Impact of Air Temperature on London Ambulance Call-Out Incidents and Response Times
Impact of Air Temperature on London Ambulance Call-Out Incidents and Response Times
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DOI：
10.3390/cli5030061
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Vardoulakis, Sotiris
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作者：
Mahmood, Marliyyah A.;Thornes, John E.;Vardoulakis, Sotiris
世界各地都有救护车服务，但直到最近，救护车数据仅用于业务目的，而不是用于评估公共卫生。救护车呼叫数据提供了新的和有价值的（近）实时信息，可用于评估环境条件（如温度）对人体健康的影响。详细分析伦敦救护车数据在2003年和2015年之间的选择日期，并比较伦敦温度数据。在伦敦，当平均日气温降至2摄氏度以下或升至20摄氏度以上时，救护车的反应速度就开始受到影响。这在很大程度上是由于超过这些阈值温度的呼叫数量增加。在这项工作中建立的基线关系将为预测救护车需求（和疾病类型）可能发生的变化提供信息，这些变化可能是由季节性温度变化和极端/恶劣天气事件的频率和强度增加引起的，并由气候变化加剧，在未来。
Ambulance services are in operation around the world and yet, until recently, ambulance data has only been used for operational purposes rather than for assessing public health. Ambulance call-out data offers new and valuable (near) real-time information that can be used to assess the impact of environmental conditions, such as temperature, upon human health. A detailed analysis of London ambulance data at a selection of dates between 2003 and 2015 is presented and compared to London temperature data. In London, the speed of ambulance response begins to suffer when the mean daily air temperature drops below 2 degrees C or rises above 20 degrees C. This is explained largely by the increased number of calls past these threshold temperatures. The baseline relationships established in this work will inform the prediction of likely changes in ambulance demand (and illness types) that may be caused by seasonal temperature changes and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme/severe weather events, exacerbated by climate change, in the future.