title: A redundant resource: a pre-planned casualty clearing station for a FIFA 2010 Stadium in Durban.
abstract: This report details the background, planning, and establishment of a mass-casualty management area for the Durban Moses Mabhida Stadium at the Natal Mounted Rifles base, by the Department of Health and the eThekwini Fire and Rescue Service, for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 2010 Soccer World Cup. The report discusses the use of the site during the seven matches played at that stadium, and details the aspects of mass-gathering major incident site planning for football (soccer). The area also was used as a treatment area for other single patient incidents outside of the stadium, but within the exclusion perimeter, and the 22 patients treated by the Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) team are described and briefly discussed. A site-specific patient presentation rate of 0.48 per 10,000 and transport-to-hospital rate (TTHR) of 0.09/10,000 are reported. Lessons learned and implications for future event planning are discussed in the light of the existing literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. timothyhar@ialch.co.za
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Hardcastle
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samlal
authors.forename: Rajen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naidoo
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hendrikse
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gloster
authors.forename: Melvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramlal
authors.forename: Sibongiseni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ngema
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rowe
mesh_terms: D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D003441:Crowding; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008399:Mass Behavior; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012916:Soccer; D013019:South Africa