Ahot alarm in the next few hours in Naples and Campania the advice of the doctors of the smi union: The elderly and children are most at risk declare Ernesto Esposito Secretary Smi at the ASL Naples 1 center and Antonio Scalzullo representative smi at the committee 23 Asl Naples 1 ::”It is necessary to drink lots of water to avoid dehydration and not go out in the hours from midday to early afternoon. It is necessary to eat fruit, vegetables and carbohydrates such as pasta and bread and absolutely avoid fatty foods and follow the following rules:
1. leave the house during the cooler hours of the day
2. light clothing
3. Cool your home and work environment with ventilation or air conditioning
4. reduce the level of physical activity
5. Drink regularly throughout the day
6. store medicines correctly
7. take special precautions in case of people at risk
8. monitor and care for people at risk
9. have the telephone numbers of your doctor and the medical emergency service for any need
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For any need you can contact your general practitioner or pediatrician, however it is good to remember that the former medical guards are on the front line to ensure health care in these days.
The Continuity of Care facilities (formerly medical guards) throughout the Campania region are ready to guarantee territorial assistance at night, on holidays, before holidays and on tourist weekends, highlight the Smi doctors. As every year, there will be thousands of interventions carried out throughout the Region by the continuity of care doctors. Our Union (SMI) considers this an indispensable public service to which the elderly in particular turn in the summer and in any case the entire population, including tourists, in the most renowned locations in our Region.
The Continuity of Care Service does not go on vacation and responds to all calls during these hot summer days with the maximum influx of interventions including home, outpatient and telephone advice that reaches its peak at the weekend.
The CA facilities will provide health care on pre-holidays as well as on holidays. An essential service for the population that constitutes a LEA (essential level of care) that therefore completes the territorial care 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the Region. It is necessary to invest in the relaunch of the former medical guard starting from the offices and for the safety of the staff. However, it is also necessary to provide the service with IT support that allows the doctor to be able to directly connect from the territorial office to the patient's computerized medical record drawn up by his or her general practitioner in order to know all the clinical data useful for a careful anamnesis and to support the clinical diagnosis.
We recommend that citizens follow the advice of doctors and write down in visible places the telephone numbers of the competent continuity of care for the territory on the website of the ASL of residence or temporary/tourist domicile and the opening hours (20,00/8,00 from Monday to Friday, 10,00,20,00, 24 on Saturdays and the days before holidays, Sundays and holidays 118 hours a day) and absolutely avoid contacting the territorial emergency service 118 for situations that can be managed by the former medical guard, reserving calls to XNUMX only for health emergencies. remind the union leaders Ernesto Esposito and Antonio Scalzullo
Article published on 12 June 2019 - 20:03
