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Analysis of Medical Responses in Mass Gatherings: The Commemoration Ceremonies for the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2018

Hüseyin Koçak ,
Cüneyt Çalışkan Open the ORCID record for Cüneyt Çalışkan [Opens in a new window] ,
Mehmet Şerafettin Sönmezler ,
Kenan Eliuz  and
Fatih Küçükdurmaz
Hüseyin Koçak
Affiliation:
Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, School of Health, Terzioglu Campus, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
Cüneyt Çalışkan*
Affiliation:
Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, School of Health, Terzioglu Campus, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
Mehmet Şerafettin Sönmezler
Affiliation:
Emergency Medical Service, Çanakkale Provincial Health, Çanakkale, Turkey
Kenan Eliuz
Affiliation:
Emergency Medical Service, Çanakkale Provincial Health, Çanakkale, Turkey
Fatih Küçükdurmaz
Affiliation:
Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Bezmialem Vakif University, İstanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence: Cüneyt Çalışkan, MSc, PhDc Emergency Aid and Disaster Management School of Health, Terzioglu Campus Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University 17100 Çanakkale, Turkey E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Introduction

Mass crowds outside the routine population create a burden of disease on Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The need for EMS in various mass-crowd events may vary. It is especially important to determine the EMS requirement that emerges during the historic commemoration ceremonies in Çanakkale (Turkey).

Hypothesis/Problem

This study aims to determine the unique challenges in the planning of EMS responses provided for people from various countries at the commemoration ceremony for a 100-year-old war and to identify the medical provision of those services.

Methods

This descriptive study examined the patient applications in the Çanakkale EMS at the commemoration ceremonies for the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli Wars (Çanakkale Amphibious Wars – Turkey) on April 24-25, 2015.

Results

A total of 221 cases were handled by 112 EMS in the ceremony area. Of those, 87.3% of the cases applied to a mobile operating room (MOR) stationed in the ceremony area while 12.7% of them applied directly to the health care team in a large area in the ceremony area. Overall, 13.1% of the cases were transferred to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Patient presentation rate (PPR) of the patients who were treated during the two days was 4.42, and transfer to hospital rate (TTHR) of the cases transferred to the hospital was calculated to be 0.58.

Conclusion

Further studies may create models in regard to the estimations on mass and needs based on the data of previous organizations.

KoçakH, ÇalışkanC, SönmezlerMS, EliuzK, KüçükdurmazF. Analysis of Medical Responses in Mass Gatherings: The Commemoration Ceremonies for the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(3):288–292.

Keywords

Battle of GallipoliEmergency Medical Servicesmass-gathering medicinepatient presentation ratetransport to hospital rate
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , June 2018 , pp. 288 - 292
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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Footnotes

Conflicts of interest: none

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