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The Gillette Stadium Experience: A Retrospective Review of Mass Gathering Events From 2010 to 2015

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2018

Scott A. Goldberg Open the ORCID record for Scott A. Goldberg [Opens in a new window] ,
Jeremy Maggin ,
Michael S. Molloy ,
Olesya Baker ,
Ritu Sarin ,
Michael Kelleher ,
Kevin Mont ,
Adedeji Fajana  and
Eric Goralnick
Scott A. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Jeremy Maggin
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael S. Molloy
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Ireland East Hospital Group, Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Ireland
Olesya Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Ritu Sarin
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Kelleher
Affiliation:
Foxborough Fire Department, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Kevin Mont
Affiliation:
Fallon Ambulance Service, Quincy, Massachusetts
Adedeji Fajana
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Eric Goralnick
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Scott Goldberg, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Neville House, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: sagoldberg@bwh.harvard.edu).
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Abstract

Objective

Mass gathering events can substantially impact public safety. Analyzing patient presentation and transport rates at various mass gathering events can help inform staffing models and improve preparedness.

Methods

A retrospective review of all patients seeking medical attention across a variety of event types at a single venue with a capacity of 68,756 from January 2010 through September 2015.

Results

We examined 232 events with a total of 8,260,349 attendees generating 8157 medical contacts. Rates were 10 presentations and 1.6 transports per 10,000 attendees with a non-significant trend towards increased rates in postseason National Football League games. Concerts had significantly higher rates of presentation and transport than all other event types. Presenting concern varied significantly by event type and gender, and transport rate increased predictably with age. For cold weather events, transport rates increased at colder temperatures. Overall, on-site physicians did not impact rates.

Conclusions

At a single venue hosting a variety of events across a 6-year period, we demonstrated significant variations in presentation and transport rates. Weather, gender, event type, and age all play important roles. Our analysis, while representative only of our specific venue, may be useful in developing response plans and staffing models for similar mass gathering venues. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:752-758).

Keywords

emergency medicineemergency medical servicesemergency preparednessmass gathering medicine
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 752 - 758
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2018 

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