“JI came to take the pulse, the blood pressure. “
As he does almost every year, the mayor of Nice visited the emergency room at Pasteur 2 hospital this week to ensure that the service was in working order as the tourist season approaches. “A summer full of events”recalled Christian Estrosi. “The Tour de France, which will kick off this weekend, will not be one of the least.”
“Mega-concert, football match as part of the Olympics and fan zones that go with it…” The head of the municipality recalled the upcoming schedule. And the hospital services assured the mayor of Nice that they had “filled their schedule accordingly”. “Demonstrate maximum anticipation” by using past experiences in particular, this is the philosophy of the head doctor of the Samu. “The Rugby World Cup helped us a lot for this”underlines Dr. Galliano while specifying that the very essence of this service is “to prepare to be surprised”.
Recruitment difficulties and helicopter problems
To face the worst, Pasteur 2 can count on 600 staff, including 113 nurses and 80 doctors. Regarding emergency practitioners “56 out of 57 positions are filled”says Pierre-Marie Tardieux, the head of the department. “The theoretical workforce is in place”assures the emergency boss even if he recognizes that this sometimes involves some “suffering”. “Especially in intensive carehe specifies, where ten doctors are missing.”
Even if the recruitment of qualified personnel, “like anesthesiologists who are better paid in the private sector”prove to be a headache, the operation of the shock room would not be compromised. “It is not an optionassures the head of Emergency Services. This would mean that we would no longer have a technical platform…” And therefore no more possibility of operating.
The same goes for Pierre-Marie Tardieux “It is not possible with our hinterland to do without the air vector”. However, this was the case in the heart of winter in the middle of the ski season. The department head recognizes recurring problems with the service company that supplies the helicopter. To the point that the CHU sometimes had to call on an Italian service provider to compensate for its shortcomings. The Nice device is currently under maintenance. “But he was replaced and we have to keep him all summer”announces Pierre-Marie Tardieux.
Landmarks
300: Around 250 patients admitted in 24 hours. Up to 300 on some summer days. In total, the Pasteur emergency room records around 100,000 visits per year.
80: this is the number of patients continuously present in the emergency department.
1 hour: this is the average time between registration and the first reception by a member of the medical team.
99%: this is the objective of the number of calls answered in less than 30 seconds that the Samu regulation center has set.
