Course Overview
Crowd Medicine - First Aid Level is designed to prepare event staff, volunteers, venue personnel, and support teams to recognize and respond to medical emergencies in high-density environments.
Large gatherings such as concerts, festivals, sporting events, parades, and public celebrations present unique medical risks. Participants learn how crowd density affects movement, access to patients, communication, and emergency response. The course emphasizes early recognition of heat-related illness, dehydration, syncope, minor trauma, intoxication, and escalating medical concerns.
Training includes practical instruction on scene safety, patient assessment, activation of EMS, and coordination with security and event command structures. Participants also learn basic crowd awareness principles to identify early warning signs of dangerous compression or surge conditions.
This course strengthens event preparedness by equipping frontline staff with the confidence and skills to intervene early and activate higher levels of care appropriately.
Course Overview
• Recognition of common event-related medical emergencies
• Heat illness and dehydration management
• Basic patient assessment and first aid interventions
• EMS activation and communication protocols
• Crowd density awareness and safety principles
• Coordination with event command and security