RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Athlete health and safety at large sporting events: the development of consensus-driven guidelines
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 191
OP 197
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102771
VO 55
IS 4
A1 Margo Mountjoy
A1 Jane Moran
A1 Hosny Ahmed
A1 Stephane Bermon
A1 Xavier Bigard
A1 Dominik Doerr
A1 Alain Lacoste
A1 Stuart Miller
A1 Alexis Weber
A1 Jeremy Foster
A1 Richard Budgett
A1 Lars Engebretsen
A1 Louise M Burke
A1 Vincent Gouttebarge
A1 Marie-Elaine Grant
A1 Brian McCloskey
A1 Paul Piccininni
A1 Sebastien Racinais
A1 Mark Stuart
A1 David Zideman
YR 2021
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/4/191.abstract
AB All sport events have inherent injury and illness risks for participants. Healthcare services for sport events should be planned and delivered to mitigate these risks which is the ethical responsibility of all sport event organisers. The objective of this paper was to develop consensus-driven guidelines describing the basic standards of services necessary to protect athlete health and safety during large sporting events. By using the Knowledge Translation Scheme Framework, a gap in International Federation healthcare programming for sport events was identified. Event healthcare content areas were determined through a narrative review of the scientific literature. Content experts were systematically identified. Following a literature search, an iterative consensus process was undertaken. The outcome document was written by the knowledge translation expert writing group, with the assistance of a focus group consisting of a cohort of International Federation Medical Chairpersons. Athletes were recruited to review and provide comment. The Healthcare Guidelines for International Federation Events document was developed including content-related to (i) pre-event planning (eg, sport medical risk assessment, public health requirements, environmental considerations), (ii) event safety (eg, venue medical services, emergency action plan, emergency transport, safety and security) and (iii) additional considerations (eg, event health research, spectator medical services). We developed a generic standardised template guide to facilitate the planning and delivery of medical services at international sport events. The organisers of medical services should adapt, evaluate and modify this guide to meet the sport-specific local context.