Blog 17

1. How can an EMT team best execute first aid during an endurance challenge?

2. What is an endurance challenge defined as?

3. What types of medical personnel are required to be on staff during an endurance challenge?

4. What age group usually participates in an endurance challenge?

5. What are some common injuries to the participants?

6. What are the standard procedures for evacuating a participant suffering a major injury?

7. Is an endurance runner taken out of the race for suffering a minor injury?

8. Is there a specific location for the EMT's to be stationed?

9. What are the roles that an EMT working at an endurance challenged are required to accomplish?

10. How are the EMT's expected to act and look?

11. What are some signs that a runner might need help?

12. Does having children running with the adults change how patients are treated?

13. In the event of multiple injuries occurring at once, such as the Boston Marathon bombing, what steps need to be taken?

14. Are there injuries that EMT personnel are not allowed to treat at a marathon?

15. Do EMT’s work with other medical personnel at marathons?

16. How do you hand off patients to paramedics?

17. What is the best way to treat children suffering minor injuries?

18. Do bystanders play a detrimental role in the care of a patient?

19. Are the marathon coordinators allowed to set rules for medical care of the runners?

20. To what extent is an EMT assistant allowed to assist in medical care?