Social mass gathering events influence emergency medical services call volume

• Main Authors: Calvin Lukas Kienbacher (Author), Harald Herkner (Author), Feven Alemu (Author), Jason M. Rhodes (Author), Norah Al Rasheed (Author), Ibrahem Aldeghaither (Author), Esam Barnawi (Author), Kenneth Alan Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPrior literature suggests that mass gathering events pose challenges to an emergency medical services (EMS) system. We aimed to investigate whether events influence EMS call rates.Materials and methodsThis study is a retrospective review of all primary response ambulance calls in Rhode Isl...