Adam Lund
Networking & Social Opportunities at NYC MGM Summit
We previously wrote about the MGM Summit in New York City on April 21st and 22nd. http://www.massgatheringmedicine.org/ I’m personally excited to meet over a hundred others from around the world who all have a practical, operational interest in how to optimize health and safety at some of the world’s biggest mass gatherings. As co-chair, I’ve had […]
Mass Gathering Medicine Summit in New York City
New York City in April? Yes, please. We are very excited to announce that we will have a UBC MGM Interest Group contingent attending this conference in New York City on April 21st and 22nd: http://www.massgatheringmedicine.org/ Speakers and topics are still being finalized. One or two talks may still evolve into panels to permit even more discussion. We […]
Mass Casualty Incident Simulation – Nov 26th
Invitation to Participate in Mass Casualty Incident Simulation! There will be two simulations held on Thursday, November 26th (see below) in Chilliwack at the JIBC Campus; one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. We have room for 2 residents and 2 medical students in clinical roles per session. Note that other participants will […]
Sports Medicine & MGM Symposium
Friday, October 23rd, 2015 – From 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm Hurlburt Auditorium at St. Paul’s Hospital (1081 Burrard Street) in Vancouver, BC. For MAP CLICK HERE. Link for RSVP form: http://goo.gl/forms/gBpS0olnta Agenda, Topics & Speakers For information on the agenda, please click here or on the thumbnail below. Click to download full PDF version of Agenda: Rock […]
Invite to Discuss Drugs & Harm Reduction on EDM Panel in Vegas
UK’s BBC Radio 1 DJ, B. Traits, recently featured in a ground-breaking TV documentary tackling the sensitive topic of drug usage and distribution in the UK. In parallel, the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM) has created a platform for debate, bringing together information and expertise to help our industry develop a unified response. As society […]
Video Link to Emergency Medicine MGM Grand Rounds
On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015, the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds were held at St. Paul’s Hospital, and the MGM Interest Group was invited to present. Dr. Sheila Turris led the talk, and I was given the opportunity once again to “ride on her coat-tails” as we reviewed the Emerging Field of Mass […]
MGH Family Game Night
It’s Family Games Night with the MGM Interest Group! Sneak-peak… we are going to play a Board Game/Tabletop Exercise. This Wednesday, May 27th, the Mass Gathering Medicine/Mass Gathering Health team will be leading a small group, academic half-day workshop for Emergency Medicine Residents on an Approach to Planning Emergency Services for Mass Gatherings. Two Groups. […]
BDLS with Fire 1
Members of the UBC MGM team and the BC Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) team were invited to Everett, Washington to participate in the Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) course hosted by Snohomish Fire One. Thanks so much to the Washington team for welcoming the 6 Canadian guests, including Dr. Omar Ahmad (ringleader and MMU Assoc. Medical Director), […]
Why a Painting is Never Done
Would you like to hear a story? This is a story about how a great painter taught me a lesson about writing. A few years ago (9, actually), Shana and I bought our first “real” piece of original art. Whatever my art budget was before we went looking, we multiplied it by 5 and then […]
FAQ’s – Medical Students at Community Events
Is there a role for medical students at concerts, finish lines, festivals and other mass gathering events? In short, the answer is “yes” at many events, but there are some considerations. We get asked about this every year, so thought it might be helpful to have some tips on the web site to refer back […]
Collaborative Workshop on Reducing Alcohol & Drug Harms at Music Festivals
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), in collaboration with the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group (MGMIG) at the University of British Columbia, are convening a group […]
St. John Ambulance Annual Inspection & Awards
It’s easy to forget the people and organizations that influence who we are, and what we have become. When I was about 10 or 11 years old, I took my first standard first aid course at the St. John Ambulance (SJA) building at 45th and Cambie in Vancouver, BC. While there, I learned about the […]
Amsterdam Dance Event – Safety Panel
Dr. Eric Salk is the Medical Director for SFX Entertainment, Inc, and responsible for supporting safety at music events all over the continent. This is our first post from one of our international collaborators. Just back from Amsterdam where I had the opportunity to participate in a panel at ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event). The panel was […]
Red Cross Emergency Response Unit
In early October 2014, the Canadian Red Cross set up a small field hospital, otherwise known as an Emergency Response Unit (ERU) in Sidney, BC on Vancouver Island. I had the opportunity to visit, representing the British Columbia Mobile Medical Unit team (http://bcmmu.ca). The Red Cross ERU model is an international, standardized, flexible, deployable field hospital […]
TomorrowWorld, Atlanta, Georgia
On September 26-28th, 2014, Sheila Turris and I had the opportunity to visit the largest music festival that I have ever had the pleasure to attend. TomorrowWorld’s lead emergency physician, Dr. Eric Salk (Medical Director, SFX Entertainment, Inc.), invited us down to visit one of SFX’s biggest electronic dance music event (EDME) of the year to […]