December 2019

ORTHOPAEDICS

ENHANCING PREPAREDNESS FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AT MASS-GATHERING SPORTING EVENTS

Featuring: George T. Chiampas, DO

Episode Summary

First-hand experience with the extreme heat and humidity during the 2007 Chicago Marathon, resulting in the need to cancel the event mid-race, gave George T. Chiampas, DO, unique knowledge in the management of a mass-gathering event in the face of adversity. Today, the Chicago Marathon—which utilizes the emergency plan called the Chicago Model that Dr. Chiampas helped establish—is recognized as a world leader in emergency preparedness and public safety.

​In this episode of the Better Edge podcast, Dr. Chiampas shares strategies for enhancing preparedness for medical emergencies at mass-gathering sporting events, from high school football games to big city marathons. 
George T. Chiampas, DO, assistant professor in the Divisions of Emergency Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern Medicine.

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