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Mass Gathering Medicine is a field of medicine that explores the health effects/risks of mass gatherings and the strategies that contribute positively to effective health services delivery during these events.〔http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/Volume_22/issue_2/arbon.pdf〕 .〔Arbon P: Mass gathering medicine: A review of the evidence and future directions for research. Prehosp Didast Med 2007;22(2):131-135〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/massgatherings.html#a0 )〕 The reason for the development of the field of medicine gives the fact that mass gatherings generate a higher incidence of injury and illness, may be the subject to a catastrophic accident or attack with large numbers of injured or dead persons.〔Franaszek J:Medical care at mass gatherings. Ann Emerg Med 1986;15:60-61〕〔Thompson JM et al.:Level of medical care required for mass gatherings: The XV Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada. Ann Emerg Med 1991;20(4):385-390〕 Mass Gathering Medicine is viewed as a niche field of prehospital care in emergency medicine at the University of British Columbia 〔http://mgm.sites.olt.ubc.ca/〕 Among factors influencing on the demand for the health care at mass gatherings 〔Milsten AM et al.: Mass gathering medical care: A review of the literature. Prehosp Disaster Med 2002;17(3):151-162〕 are: *the weather, *duration of the event, *if the crowd moves, *containment of the event (fenced/contained or not), *availability of alcohol/drugs, *the density of the crowd et al., *possibility for spreading of communicable diseases 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.who.int/csr/Mass_gatherings2.pdf )〕 Key purposes of Mass Gathering Medical Services at an event〔De Lorenzo RA:Mass gathering medicine: A review. Prehosp Disaster Med 1997;12(1):68-72〕 are: *rapid access to the injured or ill patients, *effective stabilizing and transporting injured or ill patients, *on-site care for minor injuries and illnesses. The Department of Global Alert and Response of the World Health Organization supports Member States hosting mass gatherings .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/98415/E90712.pdf )〕 Mass gathering medicine support requires planning in advance.〔http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/massgatherings.html Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings〕 Medical journal The Lancet held a conference on Mass Gathering Medicine in October 2010 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .〔http://conferences.thelancet.com/massgatherings/〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mass-gathering medicine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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