Texting shows recovery after faint

doi:10.1136/bmj.a2723

Published 17 December 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2723
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2723

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Christmas 2008: Music

Texting shows recovery after faint

Mike Sinclair, retired consultant anaesthetist, Festival Medical Services, Wells, Somerset, David W Pigott, consultant anaesthetist, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Katherine N Carpenter, consultant clinical neuropsychologist, Russell Cairns Unit, Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, John Radcliffe Hospital

mikesinclair@ntlworld.com

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Festival Medical Services is a charitable trust that providesmusic festivals throughout the United Kingdom with doctors,nurses, paramedics, first aiders, and other trained medicaland administrative staff. One of the authors (MS) is the coordinatorfor the Festival Medical Services "pit crew." This team providesa resuscitation facility for the audience at the two main stagesat Glastonbury and Reading festivals as well as a triage systemto sort or treat people who need medical attention. The teamfollows the advice of the Third Annual Rock Concert Safety SurveyReport published by Crowd Management Strategies in February1995 (www.crowdsafe.com/mosh.html).

Festival Medical Services has a small tent (3 m x 3 m) at theside of these stages, with resuscitation equipment as suggestedby the Resuscitation Council UK’s recommended minimumequipment for inhospital adult resuscitation.¹ A consultantanaesthetist, two nurses, an operating department practitioner,and at least two . . . [Full text of this article]

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