Preparedness for mass gatherings: rescue and emergency medical services’ workloads during mass gathering events

Table 1 Dispatch criteria

Mission category	Response	Level of risk		Situational assessment
Mission category	Response	EMS	Rescue	EMS	Rescue
A	Lights and sirens	High risk	High risk	Immediate threat for vital life functions	Immediate saving of a person or environment of great value of assets
B	Lights and sirens	Propable high risk	Propable high risk	No certanity of immediate threat for vital life functions	Unconfirmed possible lifesaving or major additional damage preventing
C	Urgent	Require swift assessment	Static accident	Stable vital life functions	Assessed not to result immediate additional damage
D	Non-urgent	Require assessment	No immediate action	Stable vital life functions	Response in approppriate or agreed date

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