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Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Mass Gathering Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

By
Steven Garbin ,
William Brady  and
Daniel Griffith
Edited by
William J. Brady ,
Mark R. Sochor ,
Paul E. Pepe ,
John C. Maino II  and
K. Sophia Dyer
William J. Brady
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Mark R. Sochor
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Paul E. Pepe
Affiliation:
Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors Global Alliance, Florida
John C. Maino II
Affiliation:
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn
K. Sophia Dyer
Affiliation:
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Massachusetts
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Summary

Until now, Mass Gathering Medicine has been largely defined by what it is not. Not Sports Medicine. Not Emergency Medicine. Not Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Not Urgent Care. Not Guerilla Medicine. Not Battlefield Medicine. The notion of Mass Gathering Medicine, though, becomes easier to define when thinking of it as something more than a field of medicine. Mass Gathering Medicine describes both a niche of expertise, and a way of thinking, organizing, and anticipating [1]. This book, therefore, aims to define and describe Mass Gathering Medicine as a means of planning and providing for the medical needs of communities in temporary communion.

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Mass Gathering Medicine
A Guide to the Medical Management of Large Events
 , pp. 1 - 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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