The impact of warm weather on mass event medical need: a review of the literature.

Over the last 20 years, interest in medical need at mass events has increased. Many studies have been published identifying the characteristics of such events that significantly impact the number of patients who seek care. Investigators agree that weather is one of the most important variables.

Predicting resource use at mass gatherings using a simplified stratification scoring model.

Introduction: Mass gathering events require varying types and amounts of medical resources to deal with patient presentations. The needs of various events have so far been difficult to predict with precision, yet likely are impacted by several factors which may be used in a predictive fashion.

Hypothesis: Medical needs at mass gathering events can be predicted based on a combination of weather, number in attendance, presence of alcohol, demographic of the participants in attendance, and crowd intentions.

Hospital-based healthcare provider (nurse and physician) integration into an emergency medical services-managed mass-gathering event.

Introduction: This report describes not only the implementation of a coordinated emergency medical services-hospital-based healthcare team but also investigates the integration of nurse-physician teams at a mass gathering medical care event.

Methods: A review of resource utilization, patient encounters, and local ED census was performed during this period at a college football stadium.

Results: During this 4-year period, 1681 patients presented for medical care during 26 events with a total attendance of 1,544,244 (1.