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EMS Coverage of a Female-Only Event with 10,000 Attendees: Preparation and Implementation in One Week

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2017

Wajdan Ibrahim AlAssaf
Wajdan Ibrahim AlAssaf*
Affiliation:
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; Princes Nourah bint AbdulRahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
Correspondence: Wajdan Ibrahim AlAssaf, MD, SBEM ArBEM, FCDMS King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This report describes the medical coverage provided for 10KSA, a charity event held in Saudi Arabia for breast cancer awareness. More than 10,000 women attended the event. A total of 41 attendees sought medical care; four patients (9.8%) presented directly to the clinic and 37 patients (90.2%) presented to the first aid units, mostly for check-ups. This report may be helpful for care providers arranging medical coverage for future events with similar challenging situations (women only, distant location).

AlAssafWI. EMS Coverage of a Female-Only Event with 10,000 Attendees: Preparation and Implementation in One Week. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(6):694–698.

Keywords

disaster medicineEmergency Medical Servicesmass-gathering medicine
Type
Case Reports
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 694 - 698
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2017 

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Footnotes

Conflicts of interest: none

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