Inverkeithing Firework Events

Do you need medical cover?

However, in more recent years, firework displays have also become increasingly popular at other times of the year too, including Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties, festivals, and at smaller social gatherings such as corporate parties and weddings. Although beautiful to look at and a great way of drawing a community together, the use of fireworks poses a potential risk, both to the person(s) operating them and also to spectators, due to the explosive materials used to create them.

While every care may be taken by the event organiser to reduce injury, there are certain factors that are difficult to eliminate altogether, such as debris carried in the air falling into the eyes, and burn injuries, either from the fireworks themselves, or from sparklers being handled incorrectly. Burn injuries in particular need to be assessed and treated as a matter of urgency in order for a patient to make as full a recovery as possible, however, it is well documented that the NHS ambulance service is often working at, if not above capacity, and even 999 calls cannot always be answered in a timely manner. For this reason, event safety guides now state that each event should ensure its own medical provision is in place, in order to cause as little disruption to the statutory services as possible, and this is where Medic 1 can step in to assist.

Planning

Should you, as a client wish to proceed with that quote, we can also assist in the planning of your event by attending SAG meetings if required and by completing a finalised medical risk assessment and medical plan, to ensure your event is resourced accurately and is in line with the latest Health & Safety regulations and Purple Guide recommendations. We fully understand that plans can change; activities are often added as an event progresses and so a re-evaluation of the risk assessment may be required at some point. This is no problem at all; we will work with you in making any amendments needed to ensure that medical cover is, once again, suitable to your needs. This may result in the level of resources being altered, which may also cause an alteration to the original cost, however, this will be discussed fully with you and confirmed at the time.

Our resources

Every member of our highly skilled team are experienced in assessing, treating and monitoring patients on site where appropriate, and also in assessing when a patient requires additional treatment at a hospital. Medic 1 cover a wide variety of events and venues and are fully trained in de-escalation and communicating with intoxicated patients. We have a variety of resources available and, depending on the outcome of your event’s risk assessment, you may be provided with, or request, any of the following: