Evidence Library

Library 23 entries

Curated evidence for mass gathering medicine. Every entry links to its primary source; entries still under physician review are marked unverified.

The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Music and Other Events — Campsites

Events Industry Forum · 2026

Guideline unverified

The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Music and Other Events — Contingency & Emergency Planning

Events Industry Forum · 2026

Guideline unverified

The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Music and Other Events — Crowd Management

Events Industry Forum · 2026

Guideline unverified

The Purple Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Music and Other Events — Weather

Events Industry Forum · 2026

Guideline unverified

Emergency Action Plan Development and Implementation in Sport

2024

Position Statement unverified

NFPA 3000 Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER) Program

2024

Standard unverified

Manchester Arena bombing: lessons learnt from a mass casualty incident

Craigie RJ, Farrelly PJ, Santos R, Smith SR, Pollard JS, Jones DJ · 2018 · BMJ Military Health (J R Army Med Corps)

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

STOP THE BLEED / Hartford Consensus I–IV Compendium

2016

Guideline unverified

Public Health for Mass Gatherings: Key Considerations

World Health Organization · 2015 · WHO

Guideline unverified

The Initial Response to the Boston Marathon Bombing

Gates JD · 2014 · Annals of Surgery

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

Be Prepared — The Boston Marathon and Mass-Casualty Events

Biddinger PD · 2013 · New England Journal of Medicine

Paper ✓ verified

Crowd Disasters as Systemic Failures: Analysis of the Love Parade Disaster

Helbing D, Mukerji P · 2012 · SSRN Electronic Journal

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

Disasters at Mass Gatherings: Lessons from History

Soomaroo L, Murray V · 2012 · PLoS Currents

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS)

Advanced Life Support Group · 2011

Standard unverified

Mass Casualty Triage: An Evaluation of the Science and Refinement of a National Guideline

Lerner EB · 2011 · Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Paper ✓ verified

Fire Jumpers: Description of Burns and Traumatic Injuries from a Spontaneous Mass Gathering and Celebratory Riot

Hawkins ER, Brice JH · 2010 · The Journal of Emergency Medicine

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

Surge Capacity Concepts for Health Care Facilities: The CO-S-TR Model for Initial Incident Assessment

Hick JL · 2008 · Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Paper ✓ verified

Reduction in critical mortality in urban mass casualty incidents: analysis of triage, surge, and resource use after the London bombings on July 7, 2005

Aylwin CJ · 2006 · The Lancet

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

Challenges of Major Incident Management When Excess Resources are Allocated: Experiences from a Mass Casualty Incident after Roof Collapse of a Military Command Center

Romundstad L · 2004 · Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

The Development of Conceptual Models for Mass-Gathering Health

Arbon P · 2004 · Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Paper ✓ verified AI-drafted · review pending

Emergency Planning in Athletics

2002

Position Statement unverified

The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster: Final Report (Taylor Report)

Taylor LJ · 1990 · Home Office (UK)

Report unverified

Special Events Contingency Planning (IS-15)

FEMA · FEMA Emergency Management Institute

Report unverified