Key Points

• From July 17, 2022, to July 19, 2022, over a two-day period, extreme heat led Météo-France to issue an orange alert for the region’s five departments.

• Total healthcare utilization: increase between July 17 and July 19, 2022, in emergency room visits for all causes (ages 75 and older), hospitalizations following emergency room visits for all causes across all age groups and among those aged 75 and older, as well as calls to SOS Médecins for all causes (ages 75 and older).

• Healthcare utilization for heat-related conditions (iCanicule composite indicator): increase between July 17 and July 19, 2022, in the proportion of SOS Médecins procedures for iCanicule among coded procedures (all ages) and in the proportion of emergency room visits for iCanicule among coded visits (age 75 and older and all ages). The proportion of hospitalizations following visits for iCanicule (all ages) among coded hospitalizations also increased during this period.