In:
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Wiley, Vol. 58, No. 9 ( 2014-10), p. 1086-1092
Abstract:
Music festivals, with a mix of music, alcohol and camping at the festival site combined with low hygiene, have become an integral part of society and attracts large numbers of guests. Our study was performed in order to increase the very limited knowledge on health‐care issues and organisation of major music festivals. Method Pre‐defined illness and injury categories were constructed based on categories previously reported from music festivals. We prospectively recorded patient presentations to the M edical H ealth C are O rganisation ( MHCO ) at the 2012 R oskilde F estival. Results During 10 days, more than 130,000 guests and volunteers attended the 2012 R oskilde F estival. Ten thousand six hundred thirty patient presentations were registered between the 30th of J une and 9th of J uly 2012 by the MHCO . The majority of patient presentations, 6919, could be handled by first‐aid volunteers with different levels of training. The remaining 3473 patient presentations were assessed to require further health‐care competencies or additional resources such as prescriptions, medication or suturing. Two hundred thirty‐eight patient presentations were triaged to a designated observation area. Two hundred sixty patients were referred to a local hospital, a general practitioner or a dentist. The overall patient presentation rate was 72/1000 attendees, and the transport‐to‐hospital rate was 1.8/1000 attendees. Conclusion Our study demonstrates that illnesses and injuries are frequent, although mostly minor, in this normally low‐risk population consisting of primarily young and healthy guests. However, comparison with other recent events was difficult as only limited data have been published from other music festivals. Future festivals should publish similar data.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-5172
,
1399-6576
DOI:
10.1111/aas.2014.58.issue-9
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2014
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2004319-3
