Colmed Group has a long and successful history of Music Festival Event Medical Services. Highly skilled Medical Personnel are available to cover music festivals, major sporting, community and other large events.
Music Festival Event First Aid requires medical and healthcare professionals, including Advanced First Aid Medics, Paramedics, Registered Nurses and Medical Doctors. Our large pool of healthcare personnel allows us to cater to all your first aid requirements.
Colmed Risk Assessments
Based on the information you provide us about your music, arts or community festival or event, Colmed Group will conduct a comprehensive risk assessment to ensure that an appropriately qualified and skilled medical team is on hand to ensure the safety of spectators, participants and members of the public alike. As part of risk assessment and management, most insurance companies and underwriters will require event organisers or event management companies to have appropriately qualified first aid medics in attendance at these events and festivals, before insurance cover will be granted.
Duty of Care
Event Organisers have a duty of care to the spectators and participants of any event that they are responsible for holding, to ensure that appropriate medical staff are on hand to provide immediate medical care to those spectators or participants, should the need arise.
Major events can include sporting, cultural and music events and festivals. The level of medics required will depend on the risk factors of the event, but it is not uncommon for insurers to require the first aid personnel to be paramedics, medical doctors and registered nurses so as to ensure that public liability insurance is secured.
It is also a contractual requirement of some function venues that event organisers have first aid personnel in attendance for their event at the particular venue. Without appropriate first aid cover, event organisers may be denied use of the venue. Colmed Group can deploy staff on very short notice and where other providers have been unable to help.
Colmed Experience
Our extensive experience has allowed us to become specialists in the management of injuries associated with all types of events, nightclubs and music festivals. Since 2012, we have provided advanced first aid medics, paramedics, nurses and doctors to music festivals at locations throughout metropolitan Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and surrounding regions. We have assisted event organisers to provide patrons and spectators with comprehensive medical and first aid care where patrons and spectators have consumed drugs and alcohol, where they have suffered sun-stroke, fainting spells, heart attacks and even stroke. Our Event Medical services have ensured that insurance coverage is secured, which allows these public events and festivals to proceed. For all festivals and music events, Colmed Group has you covered.
Colmed Objectives
- Provide immediate onsite medical assistance to all patrons and contractors.
- When possible, treat and discharge onsite to reduce the impact on local health services.
Expected Presentations
Experience from previous events demonstrates that common patient presentations at music and alternative lifestyle festivals or nightclubs may be caused by three main reasons:
1. Pre-existing medical conditions unrelated to the event or may be exacerbated by the event including heart disease, asthma, epilepsy and diabetes.
2. Event specific minor injuries and/or conditions including:
Minor trauma (lacerations, soft tissue injuries)
Dehydration & heat exhaustion
Alcohol intoxication
Drug use
Headaches and Migraines
Aggressive / combative patients
Snake bites
3. Event specific serious injuries and/or conditions including:
Illicit Substance and Alcohol misuse/overdoses
Serious assaults
Serious trauma including spinal injuries, fractures, etc.
Our Personnel
| Position | Duties / Qualifications |
| Medical Commander / Team Leader | Experienced in Emergency Management Single point of contact for Colmed planning and operations Experienced in the management of large medical teams at major events Trained in Major Incident Medical Management Support (MIMMS) |
| Critical Care Doctors – ED/ICU/ANAES | Doctors employed by Colmed Group are Senior Emergency Department Doctors such as Advanced Trainees or a Fellow. Experienced in pre-hospital care medicine and the events industry Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Currently holds unconditional full registration as a Medical Practitioner with the Australian Health Professional Registration Authority. Minimum of 3 years post graduate experience, with experience in emergency, critical and/or intensive care. Scope of practice includes general medical care, primary care, critical care |
| Registered Paramedics | Current registration with AHPRA to practice as a Registered Paramedic Paramedics (including IC Paramedics) currently employed by a state ambulance authority (ie: Ambulance Victoria) Minimum of one (1) years experience with a state Ambulance authority Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedics) Provision of Advanced Life Support (ALS) – the same Scope of Practise as a state Ambulance Paramedic |
| Registered Nurses | Current registration with AHPRA to practice as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) Nursing staff utilised in the field hold post-basic qualifications and training in emergency, intensive or trauma nursing care Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) Minimum of two (2) years relevant experience Provision of ongoing patient care and management |
| Advanced Medics | Basic Life Support (BLS) Medics are the First Responders that will respond to any incident and assist in the medical centre Provide Advanced First Aid (Level 3) Certificate, equivalent or higher training Two years experience in a pre-hospital care environment Minimum of second year attending an approved university health related course (Medicine, Paramedicine or Nursing) Extensive field experience in event first aid services |
Colmed Medical Management
| Presentation | Impact | Mitigation |
| High Temperature | Minor | Monitor. RN/Paramedic onsite with medications |
| High Temperature (Hyperthermia) – Serotonin Syndrome | Major | Active cooling techniques. IV cold fluids. RN/Paramedic onsite with medications. Escalate to Ambulance |
| Dehydration requiring fluid resuscitation | Minor | Free Water / Crowd Monitoring First aid on site RN/Paramedic onsite with IV fluids. |
| Alcohol Related Illness | Minor | First aid on site RN/Paramedic onsite with medications and IV fluids. |
| Major Drug Overdose | Catastrophic | First aid on site RN/Paramedic onsite with medications and IV fluids. Escalate to Ambulance |
| Drug Related Illness, Minor Overdose & Discomfort | Minor | Experienced First Aid Staff RN/Paramedic on site with medications Develop strong link with onsite harm reduction team |
Colmed Equipment
| Medical Service Area | Equipment |
| High Acuity Area for the management of serious presentations | High Acuity Beds Ferno Stretcher Massage Table Resus Station IV Stations Patient Monitors (LP15) |
| Low/Medium Acuity Area (Co-Located with the High Acuity Area) for management of less serious presentations or intoxicated casualties | Camp Beds Oxygen Stations Medical Kits Treatment Tables |
| Triage/First Aid | Treatment Stations Chairs Tables 3m x 3m Marquee |
| Response Team (buggy) | Trauma Kits AEDs Oxygen Kits Radios Stretcher |
| Transport (Troopy 4WD, only within the event grounds) | Event Vehicle (4WD Troopy) Equipped with AED, Oxygen, Spineboard, Ferno Stretcher |
