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Why crowd surges can kill people - Coggle Diagram
Why crowd surges can kill people
Antecedents: many tragedies crowd deaths
Astroworld Music Festival
1979- The who
1989- England
2015- Saudi Arabia
How are people dying in these events?
Because of the squeezed they can´t get oxygen.
They hit people from 2 directions
The pressure on people´s lungs.
What´s like to be swept in?
The asphyxiation causes more deaths.
Inhalation of stomach contents.
Getting pressed.
What causes such events?
Design of events includes the density of the crowd and the space.
Precautions: break large crowds into smaller groups.
What are other causes?
Crowd´s density
Rain and hail
Crowd moving toward something
Weak procedures in crowd because of the managment systems.
How was the pandemic affected things?
Events are ramping up.
Stop of life-threatening situation.
Stop performance
Why aren´t people calling this a stampede?
Because it blame for the deaths on the people in the crowd.
Safety has no profit.