Clinical survey assessing the appropriate management of individuals with acute recreational drug toxicity at a large outdoor festival event

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-362

  Archer, John R H ^a   Beaumont, Peter O ^b   May, Dan ^b   Dargan, Paul I ^c   Wood, David M ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b St John Ambulance   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute recreational drug toxicity; Medical management; Prehospital; Recreational drugs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84863849140     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2011.592899     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Feldman, M. J., Lukins, J. L., Verbeek, R. P., MacDonald, R. D., Burgess, R. J., & Schwartz, B. (2004). Half-amillion strong: The emergency medical services response to a single-day, mass-gathering event. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 19, 287-296.
2. London Drugs Policy Forum and Home Office. (2008). Safer Nightlife. Retrieved February 23, 2011, from http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ E4E0FE3A-9F8E-4182-AFBF-31C83E74C03A/ %202050/SS-LDPF-safer-nightlife.pdf
3. McCambridge, J., Mitcheson, L., Winstock, A., & Hunt, N. (2005). Five-year trends in patterns of drug use among people who use stimulants in dance contexts in the United Kingdom. Addiction, 100, 1140-1149.
4. McCambridge, J., Winstock, A., Hunt, N., & Mitcheson, L. (2007). 5-Year trends in use of hallucinogens and other adjunct drugs among UK dance drug users. European Addiction Research, 13, 57-64.
5. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2010 World drug report. Retrieved February 23, 2011, from http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR-2010/ World-Drug-Report-2010-lo-res.pdf
6. Van Sassenbroeck, D. K., Calle, P. A., Rousseau, F. M., Verstraete, A. G., Belpaire, F. M., Monsieurs, K. G., Haentjens, R., Allonsius, J., Van Brantegem, J., Haenen, W., & Buylaert, W. A. (2003). Medical problems related to recreational drug use at nocturnal dance parties. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 10, 302-308.
7. Wood, D. M., Beaumont, P. O., May, D., & Dargan, P. I. (2010). Recreational drug use presentations during a large outdoor festival event: Reduction in hospital emergency department transfer where medical physicians are present. Journal of Substance Use, 15, 434-441. doi: 10.3109/14659891003762988.
8. Wood, D. M., Greene, S. L., Alldus, G., Huggett, D., Nicolaou, M., Chapman, K., Moore, F., Heather, K., Drake, N., & Dargan, P. I. (2008). Improvement in the pre-hospital care of recreational drug users through the development of club specific ambulance referral guidelines. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3, 14.