Full moons are not associated with increases in emergency medical services (EMS) activations (911 calls) in the United States

[...]exactly one-third of EMS activations meeting inclusion criteria took place during full moon periods. Since each month had six days defined as non-full moon periods and three days of full moon periods, this result indicates parity between full moon and non-full moon periods. [...]full moon perio...

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Published in:	The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 61; pp. 227 - 228
Main Authors:	Shekhar, Aditya C., Blumen, Ira J., Mann, N. Clay, Mader, Timothy J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia Elsevier Limited 01-11-2022
Subjects:	Animal bites Dogs Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Epidemiology Lunar rhythm Moon Seasons United States > US
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Summary:	[...]exactly one-third of EMS activations meeting inclusion criteria took place during full moon periods. Since each month had six days defined as non-full moon periods and three days of full moon periods, this result indicates parity between full moon and non-full moon periods. [...]full moon periods actually had a lower daily average number of EMS activations than non-full moon periods. [...]we arbitrarily defined a significant increase as full moon periods having at least 20% more activations than respective comparison periods.
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ISSN:	0735-6757 1532-8171
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajem.2022.07.044