Abstract
The aim of this study was to establish a link between a large televised sporting event
and the incidence of patients presenting to the emergency department with oral and
maxillofacial injuries. When compared with daily attendances throughout the year,
the mean (SD) number rose from 2.53 (1.69) to 4.00 (1.53) (p = 0.005) between 1 November 2017 and 31 July 2018 on the day after an England fixture,
an increase of 58%. These data show the need for workforce planning during large-scale
national sporting events because of the rise in the number of patients presenting.
They show that the increase in workload is caused by a higher number of both traumatic
and non-traumatic injuries.
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Publication history
Published online: November 10, 2019
Accepted:
October 24,
2019
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© 2019 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
