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Team Spotlight: Matt S. Friedman, MD – CrowdRx National Medical Director

The CrowdRx leadership team includes highly qualified medical professionals, public safety experts, and emergency response leaders. They are at the top of their field, staying current on the latest technologies and best practices in onsite and event medical services. They are also accessible, responsive providers who agilely serve CrowdRx’s clients and influence public policy. Learn more and read our latest feature here.

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On the Scene at Burning Man

CrowdRx has been on the scene at Burning Man for years, providing intensive, comprehensive onsite medical services in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Our medical services help keep thousands of annual attendees safe. We set up a fully-staffed and equipped mobile hospital, CrowdRx RAMPART, in the middle of the dessert. Physicians are on site day and night to treat festival attendees and staff who need medical attention.

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Providing Medical Solutions for Large-Scale Client Event Shortly before Declaration of Global Pandemic

On January 31, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency to aid the nation’s healthcare community in responding to COVID-19. While COVID-19 was a major threat across Asia at the time, it had not yet been determined to be a global pandemic. CrowdRx was engaged to provide innovative onsite medical solutions to screen attendees.

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Keeping an Essential Business Moving Forward during Global Pandemic

Due to the crucial role our client plays in the supply chain and delivering critical relief, it is considered an essential business and needed to continue operating under state of emergency and shelter-in-place orders. Staff frequently travel internationally and routinely come in contact with packages. To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, our client hired Global Medical Response (GMR) and CrowdRx to provide onsite temperature screening nationwide via the CrowdRx active and passive fever screen systems.

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What sports will look like as the pandemic eases

CrowdRx discusses what sports and entertainment venues in the U.S. will look like post-pandemic for CNBC. One-stop-shop consulting to get your venue or workplace open and back in the game. Comprehensive Center for Disease Control and physician-guided policies and procedures designed to allow you to open your public spaces quickly and safely. Led by experienced physicians and…

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COVID-19 Situation Summary

Source: Center for Disease Control (CDC) The CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The disease has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). This situation poses a serious public health risk. The federal government is working closely with state, local, tribal, and territorial…

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CrowdRx Joins Global Medical Response

Provider of On-Site Medical Services will Enhance GMR’s Ability to Provide Care (GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.) — Global Medical Response (GMR) officials announced today that CrowdRx has joined the GMR family of companies. Randy Strozyk, GMR Senior Vice President of Operations, said CrowdRx’s expertise in site-based medicine and resources combined with GMR’s solid reputation in the event…

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EP Monthly: Rattlesnakes, Stabbings, Hyperthermia and a Visualized Appendicitis? Music Fest Medical Care Recap

By SAM KIM, MD, CONNOR FITZPATRICK, A-EMT and MATT S. FRIEDMAN, MD The challenges of treating the ill and injured at a 30,000 person festival. When staffing music festivals, be prepared to treat an interesting mix of pathology. While much of the pathology is predictable based on the specific type of festival and a historical analysis of the previous…

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Behind the Music: A Look at Medical Care at Asia’s Largest Music Festival

By Alison Leung MD, Connor Fitzpatrick AEMT & Matt Friedman MD Every December since 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia hosts the largest music festival in Asia and, consequently, one of the largest mass gatherings. Once an underground warehouse rave, the Djakarta Warehouse Project was born out of tragedy. In 2010, a brawl at the original host venue…

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Eagle Pharmaceutical Inc.’s Treatment Approved for Malignant Hyperthermia is Being Studied for Intoxication of Psychostimulant Drugs by CrowdRx, Inc.

Intoxication produced by certain illicit stimulant drugs may lead to a life-threatening condition in which the person experiences severe increase in body temperature, metabolic abnormalities, rapid heart rate, aggressiveness, delusions, convulsions, coma or even death. Eagle Pharmaceuticals is conducting a clinical study to investigate the use of Ryanodex (dantrolene sodium) for the treatment of the…

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CrowdRx Featured on CNN’s This is Life with Lisa Ling: Exploring the Advantages or Onsite Event Medical Services.

CNN’s Lisa Ling discusses music festival medical coverage with CrowdRx’s Dr. Andrew Bazos. Lisa follows CrowdRx’s Connor Fitzpatrick and team while providing their music festival medical services and expertise at Mysteryland. Exploring how CrowdRx is working to make EDM festivals safer for all.

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Mass-Gathering Medicine with CrowdRx

By Joe Reinhartz Pollstar featured the medical team CrowdRx approximately a year ago. Recently, we were offered the opportunity to visit the team onsite at Burning Man. Why not? At Burning Man, CrowdRx had dedicated pilots to transport patients to Reno if needed, but it also had a healthcare system complete with emergency physicians, nurses,…

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Rolling Stone Discusses Music Festival Safety

Harm reduction groups are trying to prevent bad trips and medical emergencies – but will the law let them? To reduce the potential harms of hyperthermia, Bazos says, on-site doctors administer cooling techniques found in hospital settings, which reduces the use of ambulances – a cost-saving and face-saving technique, given that, as he notes, local towns…

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American Promoters Look to Europe for Safety

Following a spate of highly publicized drug related incidents, safety and security has taken center stage for American show promoters.  Taking a page from the European electro scene, American promoters are shifting to more comprehensive, long-term strategies, such as peer-based crisis management and drug education to reduce drug-related incidents at festivals. According to Dr. Bazos, Chairman of the SFX Medical and…

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Amsterdam Dance Event on October 16th

CrowdRx is speaking at the 2014 Amsterdam Dance Event on October 16th. Andrew Bazos, Chairman of CrowdRx, will be moderating panelists including Erick Salk, MD and others. Topics will include emergency room physicians, paramedics, and EMT staffing, plus equipment needs for the site. The panel will also cover incident action plans tailored to the location,…

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The Doctor is In

“Because regulations are different in every state, the kind of services that are available are very fragmented,” Bazos said. “What we hope to accomplish is a national set of standards and procedures.” Andrew Bazos, MD Read more in the Danbury News Times article

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