TY - JOUR
T1 - Athlete health and safety at large sporting events
T2 - The development of consensus-driven guidelines
AU - Mountjoy, Margo
AU - Moran, Jane
AU - Ahmed, Hosny
AU - Bermon, Stephane
AU - Bigard, Xavier
AU - Doerr, Dominik
AU - Lacoste, Alain
AU - Miller, Stuart
AU - Weber, Alexis
AU - Foster, Jeremy
AU - Budgett, Richard
AU - Engebretsen, Lars
AU - Burke, Louise M.
AU - Gouttebarge, Vincent
AU - Grant, Marie-Elaine
AU - McCloskey, Brian
AU - Piccininni, Paul
AU - Racinais, Sebastien
AU - Stuart, Mark
AU - Zideman, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - 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.
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.
KW - elite performance
KW - health
KW - illness
KW - injury prevention
KW - public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096742710&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102771
DO - https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102771
M3 - Article
C2 - 33184113
SN - 0306-3674
VL - 55
SP - 191
EP - 197
JO - British Journal of Sports Medicine
JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine
IS - 4
ER -