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The Experience of a District General Hospital with a Large Outdoor Music Festival in England

Author(s) -

Ashraf Kamour,

R M Yardley,

Mark Longshaw,

Jonathan Stuart

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

acute medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1747-4892

pISSN - 1747-4884

DOI - 10.52964/amja.0657

Subject(s) - music festival , medical emergency , recreation , medicine , general hospital , emergency medical services , emergency medicine , advertising , business , political science , visual arts , art , law

Objectives: To assess the impact of the Parklife annual music festival on the local hospital, North Manchester General. Methods: Data was obtained retrospectively by analysis of emergency department records during the weekend of Parklife 2015. Results: 32 patients were identified, 56% reported taking drugs. 34% were admitted for overnight observation. 4 patients presented with methaemoglobinaemia following oral ingestion of amyl nitrate. One patient had a methaemoglobin fraction of 90.6%, which is amongst the most extreme recorded in literature. Conclusion: Music festivals can impose a burden on local health services. Organisers should operate an efficient surveillance system in order to prevent the sale and use of recreational drugs, providing adequate on-site health services and working in collaboration with local emergency services.

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