EM Vivas · Mass gathering and event medicine
Mass gathering planning viva
Viva on PPR/TTHR, heat risk and escalation triggers.
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Prompt
40k festival in heatwave — justify medical plan.
Interpretation
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Risk assessment (weather, alcohol, density). Staff to predicted presentation and transport rates from regression models covering crowd, environment and venue type.[1][3] Cooling capability for heat stroke — cold-water immersion cools faster than passive cooling.[5] Predefined incident triggers and communications — Australia lacks a uniform incident-classification system, so name the local trigger set explicitly.[4]
References5ShowHide
- [1]Arbon P, Bridgewater FHG, Smith C. Mass gathering medicine: a predictive model for patient presentation and transport rates. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2001.PMID 11875799
- [2]Arbon P. Mass-gathering medicine: a review of the evidence and future directions for research. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2007.PMID 17591185
- [3]Arbon P, Bottema M, Zeitz K, et al. Nonlinear Modelling for Predicting Patient Presentation Rates for Mass Gatherings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2018.PMID 29962363
- [4]Nocera A Australian major incident nomenclature: it may be a 'disaster' but in an 'emergency' it is just a mess ANZ J Surg, 2001.PMID 11277146
- [5]Douma MJ, et al. First aid cooling techniques for heat stroke and exertional hyperthermia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Resuscitation, 2020.PMID 31981710