International experts warn of impact of climate change on emergency medical services worldwide (IMAGE)

European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)

International experts warn of impact of climate change on emergency medical services worldwide

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Graph showing the impact of climate change on national health services and emergency medical services by a) country income (high income, upper middle income, low middle income, and low income), b) accoring to the WorldRiskIndex (very low risk, low risk, medium risk, high risk, and very high risk), and c) geographical distribution of risk (Australia (AUA), West Europe (WEU), East Europe (EEU), South Europe (SEU), North Europe (NEU), North Africa (NAF), Central Africa (CAF). South Africa (SAF), South Asia (SA), East Asia (EA), South East Asia (SEA), West Asia (WA), North America (NA), and Central America (CA)).

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