Trends in Demand for Acute Medical Care at Two Football Clubs over an Eighteen-Year Period

Table 1

Presenting complaint resulting in review by crowd doctor.

Cause of presentation	Number of presentations
	Northampton	Leicester	Total
Trauma
Soft tissue injuries	27	27	54
Head injuries	20	30	50
Fractures or dislocations	12	9	21
Lacerations	10	13	23
Other	24	18	42
Medical
Headaches	27	4	31
Cardiac problems	8	14	22
Infective symptoms	10	8	18
Seizures and faints	4	9	13
Cardiac arrest	1	2	3
Other	27	21	48
Exacerbations
Musculoskeletal	16	7	23
Respiratory	5	9	14
Cardiac	3	1	4
Other	19	14	33
Opportunistic
Preexisting trauma	8	11	19
Other	5	6	11