The book, Medical provision for events and crowds: evidence-based practice, is the most comprehensive text ever written for the planning and delivery of medical cover at events of all types, from the smallest to the largest.
Written by Owain Davies, author on the National Event Medicine Standard and the Purple Guide, this book is the go-to reference for all event professionals, including event medical providers, safety officers, and event organisers.
Nearly 600 pages long, and with nearly 1,000 peer-reviewed articles referenced in-line throughout the book, this sets out the how, why, when, and what of everything to do with event medicine, over four parts.
Part 1 – Planning Medical Provision for Events
The complete step-by-step guide to:
- the factors impacting medical needs at events
- the legal duties of organisers and medical providers
- reliably estimating medical demand and resource needs
- making decisions on number of staff, ambulances, and resources
Part 2 – Standards of medical provision
The standards of care that should be delivered at events of all types, including:
- Staffing requirements and qualifications
- The importance and use of clinical guidelines
- How medical staff and facilities should look and work
- Training needed by event medical staff
- Equipment for event medicine
- Information goverance, safeguarding, and more
Part 3 – Managing medical provision at events
An in-depth look at the best practice of how event medicine should run. Including:
- Management roles and responsibilities
- Phases of the event, and how providers should prepare
- Managing complexity including weather, VIPs, security, and demand surges
- Command, control, and communications
- Working with other event services
- Specific pathways for treating conditions common to events
Part 4 – Mass-casualty and major incidents at events
Mass-casualty and major incidents are possible at any event. This part helps organisers and providers prepare for this possiblity and includes:
- Principles of MCMIs at events
- The types of MCMI which affect events and how
- Dealing with deliberate acts and terrorism
- How to manage all aspects of MCMIs, including risk assessment and bystanders
- Triage approaches
- Equipment for MCMIs
- How event providers should manage an MCMI
The book is all about evidence-based practice, and provides a strong and defensible framework for any event medical provider.