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Chapter 21 - Impact of Weather and Climate Change on Mass Gathering Events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

By
John W. Martel  and
J. Matthew Sholl
Edited by
William J. Brady ,
Mark R. Sochor ,
Paul E. Pepe ,
John C. Maino II  and
K. Sophia Dyer
William J. Brady
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Mark R. Sochor
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Paul E. Pepe
Affiliation:
Metropolitan EMS Medical Directors Global Alliance, Florida
John C. Maino II
Affiliation:
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn
K. Sophia Dyer
Affiliation:
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Massachusetts
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Summary

Weather plays a major role in the safe execution of mass gathering events (MGE). It poses notable health-related challenges due to forecasting reliability and relative unpredictability, but risks can be mitigated with thoughtful planning and threat assessment, bolstered by the presence of appropriate on-scene medical resources and transport plans. Although MGE have historically been cultural and recreational events, climate change and a variety of downstream impacts have also led to nearly continuous large-scale human migration. Mobile MGE are now present at any given time throughout the world and many are amassed on nation-state borders. It is likely that this will increasingly become the norm, and lessons learned from more conventional MGE medical responses will help meet the needs of this new frontier in mass gathering medicine.

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weather-related illnessextreme weather eventshealthheat strokehypothermiamass gatheringclimate change

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Mass Gathering Medicine
A Guide to the Medical Management of Large Events
 , pp. 305 - 319
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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