Analysing the Impact of Large Events on Local Emergency Departments

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  • Yani Perera Department of Emergency Medicine, NHS, UK

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https://doi.org/10.17140/EMOJ-9-167

Abstract

Every summer, Berkshire plays host to a large event that at tracts over 100,000 attendees for a weekend of merrymaking. Hosting such a large group of attendees comes with several considerations, one of which is access to medical attention. The local hospital in Berkshire is a district general hospital which has approximately 1000 beds and serves a population of around 500,000 people.

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Published

2023-02-22

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Yani Perera. (2023). Analysing the Impact of Large Events on Local Emergency Departments. Emergency Medicine, 9(1), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.17140/EMOJ-9-167

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2023): Volume 9 Issue 1 2023

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