The impact of mass gatherings on ambulance services and hospitals
Medical response to mass gatherings
1. Medical Response to Mass Gatherings Mr Jamie Ranse, RN FRCNA Chief Nursing Officer, St John Ambulance Australia Clinical Manager (Research Portfolio), Emergency Department – Calvary Health Care ACT Research Associate, Flinders University Research Centre for Disaster Resilience and Health
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4. Definition Class Subclass Persons Resources Example Mass gathering Small 200 – 1,500 Local area Local fair Medium 1,500 – 10,000 Local area Local sports game Large 10,000 – 100,000 Local +/- State Concert Major mass gathering 100,000 – 250,000 State +/- Interstate Music festival Agricultural show Super mass gathering 250,000 – 500,000 State and Interstate Motor sports event Extreme mass gathering 500,000 – 1,000,00 National +/- international Religious festival Mega mass gathering 1,000,000+ National and International Olympics
18. Questions? Mr Jamie Ranse, RN FRCNA Chief Nursing Officer, St John Ambulance Australia Clinical Manager (Research Portfolio), Emergency Department – Calvary Health Care ACT Research Associate, Flinders University Research Centre for Disaster Resilience and Health
Editor's Notes
ANZ stadium
ANZ stadium
Bradford city stadium fire 5% greater illness / injury rate then in a normal population
Not well understood
Education – it is not a guessing game – we have well established ways to estimate presentation rates Research – other factors, eg: WYD and add to model- crowd mood, ACT – collaborative, pre-ambulance, pre-hospital, ED and hospital