Daytona, FL- MCI (Daytona 500) 2-17-08

[JohnnyOV 2]

Date:2/17/1008

Time: approx 2100

Location: Daytona International Speedway, in the rear at the Bus Loop

Departments: Daytona International Speedway EMS / Fire and EVAC ambulance

Units:

Fire: F3 (backstretch fire supervisor), gator 4, gator 5, gator 2, gator 1, water truck 2, water truck 3, super stretch pumper

EMS: Medic 5 (backstretch EMS operations supervisor), Ambulance 15, Ambulance 11, Ambulance 10, Ambulance 5, Ambulance 4, Kart 5 (ALS), Kart 4 (BLS), Allison Tower 3 (walking unit), EVAC ambulance 56, EVAC ambulance 96, EVAC ambulance 48

Description: Following the finish of the Daytona 500, approximately 200,000 people made their way to the only bus terminal to take them to them to their camp sites. The size of the bus terminal area is about 2 and a half, if not smaller, football fields. At approximately 2100 hours the first seizure call came in.

Gator 4 reported still alarm to a seizure at bus gate 3. While tending to the PT, and awaiting ambulance, dispatch was receiving multiple calls for multiple unresponsive / seizures / syncopal episodes. Gator 4 reported multiple still alarms back to dispatched stating that "we are overwhelmed, there are too many patients." All this took place within a matter of 1-2 min.

F3 established command on the south side of the bus terminal and reported that all front stretch units that were not tied up with calls already were to report to the back stretch bus terminal for staging.

F3 advised Tower 3 to report to the roof of the Allison tower to guide units to the patients locations.

Medic 3 arrived on scene and established EMS command

(Halifax hospital is located approx. 2 min away, so units were loading, going, dumping, and returning for service, plus we have an infield care center that is a mini-ER which can handle numerous patients)

F3 advises all gators and karts to stage at the rear (north side) of the bus terminal and become walking crews to gain quick access to patients, and for ambulances to stage at in the front of the terminal for patient transport.

About 30 min later, Karts 4/5 reporting that their radio batteries are failing due to constant use over the course of the day, gators are reporting the same as well.

F3 advises Medic 5 of the situation, and supplies are in route, F3 advises karts and gators to report back to the CMD center and verbally receive instructions until supplies arrive.

Allison Tower 3 reports that there are too many calls to properly guide units, Medic 5 advises them to report to CMD and turn kart 4 into ALS unit.

2330 hours, command is terminated, all EMS/ FIRE units back in regular service till released by Medic 1 / F1

Approximately 50-60 patients became ill in this 2 hour time span

Writer: emsjunkie712 (kart 4 EMT)

Edited February 19, 2008 by Truck4