TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the characteristics of patient presentations of young people at outdoor music festivals
AU - Hutton, Alison
AU - Ranse, Jamie
AU - Verdonk, Naomi
AU - Ullah, Shahid
AU - Arbon, Paul
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Outdoor music festivals are unique events given that they are, for the most part, bounded and ticketed, and alcohol is served. They frequently have a higher incidence of patient presentations when compared with similar types of mass gatherings. Often, however, single events are reported in the literature, making it difficult to generalize the findings across multiple events and limiting the understanding of the typical patient presentations at these mass gatherings. The aim of this paper was to understand the characteristics of young people who have presented as patients to on-site health care at outdoor music festivals in Australia, and the relative proportion and type of injury and illness presentations at these events. This research used a nonexperimental design, utilizing a retrospective review of patient report forms from outdoor music festivals. Data were collected from 26 outdoor music festivals across four States of Australia during the year 2010. Females presented at greater numbers than males, and over two-thirds presented with minor illnesses, such as headaches. Males presented with injuries, in particular lacerations to their face and their hands, and alcohol and substance use made up 15% of all presentations.
AB - Outdoor music festivals are unique events given that they are, for the most part, bounded and ticketed, and alcohol is served. They frequently have a higher incidence of patient presentations when compared with similar types of mass gatherings. Often, however, single events are reported in the literature, making it difficult to generalize the findings across multiple events and limiting the understanding of the typical patient presentations at these mass gatherings. The aim of this paper was to understand the characteristics of young people who have presented as patients to on-site health care at outdoor music festivals in Australia, and the relative proportion and type of injury and illness presentations at these events. This research used a nonexperimental design, utilizing a retrospective review of patient report forms from outdoor music festivals. Data were collected from 26 outdoor music festivals across four States of Australia during the year 2010. Females presented at greater numbers than males, and over two-thirds presented with minor illnesses, such as headaches. Males presented with injuries, in particular lacerations to their face and their hands, and alcohol and substance use made up 15% of all presentations.
KW - Health
KW - Mass gathering
KW - outdoor music festival
KW - patient presentations
KW - research
KW - young people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899657968&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1049023X14000156
DO - 10.1017/S1049023X14000156
M3 - Article
C2 - 24555927
AN - SCOPUS:84899657968
SN - 1049-023X
VL - 29
SP - 160
EP - 166
JO - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
JF - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
IS - 2
ER -