Event Medical Articles of Interest – December 2019

Resource/Guidance documents (Australia)


Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub

Safe and Healthy Crowded Places Handbook https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/media/5914/crowded-places-handbook.pdf
Guidelines for music festival event organisers: music festival harm reduction https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/aod/Publications/music-festival-guidelines.PDF


Articles of Interest – Regulation


Major shakeup in regulation of health professionals proposed in B.C. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-health-regulation-announcement-1.5375422

Articles of Interest – Research


Impact of mass gathering events on emergency healthcare services: informing health service planning for safer communities
https://news.griffith.edu.au/2019/11/08/keeping-everyone-safe-at-mass-gathering-events-study-to-develop-emergency-response-model/
http://www.jamieranse.com/2019/11/impact-of-mass-gathering-events-on.html
DJ Mag partners with the Global Drug Survey
https://djmag.com/news/dj-mag-partners-global-drug-survey
“Smashing Into Crowds” — An Analysis of Vehicle Ramming Attacks
From Jordan: “The article certainly makes the case for “vehicle interdiction measures” for the public, especially mass gatherings.”
https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/SP1119-Vehicle-Ramming-Update

Articles of Interest –  Harm Reduction


[Australia] Victorian ambulance union calls for ‘back-of-house’ pill testing at music festivals this summer
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-12/victorias-ambulance-union-calls-for-pill-testing-at-festivals/11695826
[Australia] It’s a victory for common sense’: NSW music festival bill passes
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/it-s-a-victory-for-common-sense-nsw-music-festival-bill-passes

Articles of Interest –  Others


Surrey hospital to start emergency physician residency program
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/surrey-hospital-to-start-emergency-physician-residency-program

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