Citation

Nolan JP, Soar J, Cary N, Cooper N, Crane J, Fegan-Earl A, Lawler W, Lumb P, Rutty GN. Emerg. Med. J. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/emermed-2020-209627

PMID

32883753

Abstract

Ninety-six people died following a crowd crush at the Hillsborough Football Stadium, Sheffield, UK in 1989. The cause of death in nearly all cases was compression asphyxia. The clinical and pathological features of deaths encountered in crowds are discussed with a particular focus on the Hillsborough disaster.

Language: en

Keywords

resuscitation; cardiac arrest; disaster planning and response; crowding