MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008 Jul 11;57(27):741-4.
During October 21-26, 2007, wildfires consumed hundreds of thousands of acres and forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 persons in San Diego County, California. During large-scale emergencies, data are needed to assess health effects, plan response, and evaluate response adequacy. This report describes some of the health effects of the wildfires based on data from the CDC BioSense system, which receives emergency department (ED) patient chief complaint information and physician diagnosis codes from six hospitals in San Diego County. Analysis of these data indicated that ED visits for respiratory disease, especially those associated with dyspnea and asthma, increased during a 5-day fire period compared with the preceding 20 weekdays. For the six hospitals combined, visits for dyspnea increased from 48.6 to 72.6 per day, and visits with diagnoses of asthma increased from 21.7 to 40.4 per day. Local, state, and federal public health personnel should continue collaborative efforts to expand and
2007年10月21日至26日期间，加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥县发生的野火吞噬了数十万英亩土地，迫使30多万人撤离。在大规模紧急情况期间，需要数据来评估健康影响、规划应对措施并评估应对措施的充分性。本报告根据疾病预防控制中心生物传感系统的数据描述了野火造成的一些健康影响，该系统接收圣地亚哥县六家医院的急诊科患者主诉信息和医生诊断代码。对这些数据的分析表明，与之前的20个工作日相比，在为期5天的火灾期间，因呼吸系统疾病（尤其是与呼吸困难和哮喘相关的疾病）到急诊科就诊的人数有所增加。就这六家医院而言，呼吸困难的每日就诊人数从48.6人增加到72.6人，哮喘诊断的每日就诊人数从21.7人增加到40.4人。地方、州和联邦公共卫生人员应继续共同努力，以扩大并
