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Estimation of Healthcare Resources at Sporting Events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Amir Khorram-Manesh ,
A. Berner ,
A. Hedelin  and
P. Örtenwall
Amir Khorram-Manesh*
Affiliation:
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
A. Berner
Affiliation:
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
A. Hedelin
Affiliation:
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
P. Örtenwall
Affiliation:
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
*
Svangatan 4, Regionens Hus, SE-405 44, Gothenburg, Sweden, E-mail: amir.khorram-manesh@surgery.gu.se
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Abstract

Background:

The consequences of a major incident at a sporting event could be catastrophic. Therefore, there should be an estimation of the healthcare resources at such events as part of the planning. Although there are National guidelines (e.g., Planning Safe Public Events: Practical Guidelines in Australia) defining the role of the healthcare system at sporting events, these guidelines either lack a simple calculating method to estimate the need for healthcare resources or the methods are complex and impractical to use. The objective of this study was to find a safe and easy method for the estimation of healthcare resources at sporting events.

Methods:

A model for the estimation of healthcare resources at music events recently has been approved in Sweden. After minor adjustments, this model was used at sport events by a number of planning officers. The models' accuracy and usability was evaluated by analyzing its outcome in a pilot and a controlled study using different sporting and non-sporting scenarios.

Results:

The pilot study showed that the model was valid and easily could be used for various sporting events. The obtained estimations were consistent with the methods used by experienced planning officers in 97% of cases. The results of the controlled study showed that by using this model, the minimum amount of resources required easily could be calculated at sporting events and by people with different backgrounds.

Conclusions:

This model safely can be used at sporting events.

Keywords

calculation modelhealth careresource estimationsporting events
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 449 - 455
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2010

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