Using an Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System to Assess the Impact of Cyclone Bejisa, Reunion Island | Zendy

Pascal Vilain | Zendy; Frédéric Pagès | Zendy; Katia Mougin-Damour | Zendy; X. Combes | Zendy; Pierre-Jean Marianne Dit Cassou | Zendy; Yves Jacques Antoine | Zendy; Laurent Filleul | Zendy

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Using an Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System to Assess the Impact of Cyclone Bejisa, Reunion Island

Author(s) -

Pascal Vilain,

Frédéric Pagès,

Katia Mougin-Damour,

X. Combes,

Pierre-Jean Marianne Dit Cassou,

Yves Jacques Antoine,

Laurent Filleul

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5839

Subject(s) - cyclone (programming language) , emergency department , medical emergency , medicine , epidemiology , emergency medicine , computer science , pathology , field programmable gate array , psychiatry , computer hardware

On January 2, 2014 the cyclone Bejisa struck Reunion Island. In anticipation, an epidemiological surveillance was set up in order to assess the impact in the aftermath of the cyclone. Short-term health effects were assessed using a syndromic surveillance system based on data of EDs and EMS. A peak of calls to the EMS was observed the day of the cyclone and an increase of ED visits over the next two days. At the same time, a significant increase of visits for trauma, burns, conjunctivitis was detected. The reactivity and the flexibility of the syndromic surveillance system allowed to rapidly assess the health impact of the cyclone.

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