Question 17185 — health professions

Summary

Ms. Sandrine Runel draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People to the arduousness of the profession of emergency physician during heatwaves. While the country is experiencing a new episode of heatwave of exceptional intensity, the health consequences are already dramatic. Between June 18 and 29, more than 6,300 hospitalizations were recorded, nearly two-thirds of which concerned people aged over 75. Public Health France also reports more than 2,000 additional deaths in one week. Faced with this situation, the Government has triggered phase 3 of the ORSAN plan in order to mobilize all available resources. But behind these systems, there is a reality that the figures do not reveal: that of caregivers and in particular emergency workers. In services where the heat remains stifling, in premises that are sometimes insufficiently adapted, they continue to provide patient care. They face larger influxes of patients, more complex clinical situations, difficult hospitalizations due to lack of available beds, while constantly reorganizing their teams to maintain continuity of care. Because a heatwave doesn't stop when temperatures drop. The decompensations, the dehydration or worsening of chronic pathologies continue to occur several days after the heat peak. Emergency services remain mobilized well beyond the weather event. Emergency physicians are trained to manage crises. They demonstrated this during the Covid-19 pandemic. They were present during the attacks. They are today faced with the consequences of climate change. In every crisis, they respond present. Yet, with each crisis, their exceptional commitment seems to become invisible again once the emergency has passed. This succession of exceptional events, which are unfortunately becoming our new normal, is a strong reminder of the physical, psychological and organizational arduousness of their profession. A hardship which is not limited to the fatigue of a crisis episode, but which accumulates over the years: guards repeated nights, odd hours, exposure to vital emergencies, intense mental load, daily confrontations with suffering and death, physical and psychological wear and tear and shortened life expectancy. This reality must finally be recognized in their careers, particularly in terms of night work, prevention of professional wear and tear, end-of-career planning and retirement conditions. While the Extreme climatic episodes are going to multiply, she asks him if he intends to open the project of recognition of the arduousness of the profession of emergency physician, so that their commitment to the service of the French is finally taken into account in their professional career.

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