An analysis of consultations with the crowd doctors at Glasgow Celtic football club, season 1999–2000

Abstract

Objective-To analyse all clinical presentations to the crowd doctors at Scotland's largest football stadium over the course of one complete season. Methods-A standard clinical record form was used to document all consultations with the crowd doctors including treatment and subsequent referrals. The relevance of alcohol consumption was assessed. Results-A total of 127 casualties were seen at 26 matches, a mean of 4.88 per match. Twenty casualties were transferred to hospital, including one successfully defibrillated after a cardiac arrest. Alcohol excess was a major contributing factor in 26 cases. Conclusions-The workload of the crowd doctors was very variable and diverse. The social problem of excessive alcohol consumption contributed considerably to the workload. The provision of medical facilities at football grounds means that attendance there is now one of the least adverse circumstances in which to have a cardiac arrest. The study confirmed previous impressions that more casualties are seen at high profile matches. (Br J Sports Med 2001;35:245-250)

An analysis of use of crowd medical services at an English football league club

“…The majority of care episodes did not require the use of skills learnt as part of a major incident management course and many of the individuals were not in emergent conditions. This is similar to findings in other studies (Sanders et al, 1986;Wetterhall et al, 1998;Crawford et al, 2001).…”

“…However it is difficult to put the results obtained in this study in context, as there is very little published literature for comparison. Crawford et al (2001) conducted an audit at Glasgow Celtic for the 1999-2000 season and noted a mean of 4.88 consultations per match. This is higher than Millwall's 3.14 per match but the capacity of Celtics ground is much higher with an average attendance for the 1999-2000 season of 51,271 compared to Millwall's 13,500 in the The results presented here illustrate the nature and variability of presenting complaints.…”

“…Although there is a growing body of literature examining medical consultations at mass gatherings (Sanders et al, 1986;Flabouris and Bridgewater, 1996;Shelton et al, 1997;Crawford et al, 2001;Martin-Gill et al, 2007) there is little literature in the area of English league football. The authors could find no published studies carried out on crowd medical services in English league football, (Pubmed, CINHAL, HILO/Ovid using keywords ''football '', ''soccer'', ''crowd'', ''safety'' and ''mass gathering'').…”

Patterns of Referral for Fractured Nose During Major Sporting Events

“…One 2006 paper, 3 conducted in 58 A&E departments in 10 distinct economic regions of the UK, found as ignificant correlation between cheap, readily-available alcohol and violent injury,b ut as before there is no proof of causation. A2 001 paper 4 audited consultations with crowd doctors at aG lasgow football club over one season, showing that alcohol was am ajor causative factor in approximately 25% of conditions treated. Afurther study from 1990 5 examined patterns of crowd injury in an American college stadium either side of an alcohol ban, and found no significant difference.…”

Management des Kreislaufstillstands in einer Fußballarena

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