Concert medicine: Spectrum of medical problems encountered at 405 major concerts

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Grange, Jeff T ^a,b   Green, Steven M ^a   Downs, Warren ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Concert medicine; First aid stations; Mass gatherings; Musical concerts; Patient load; Prediction; Rock concerts; Spectators; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033052998     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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