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An organized medical response for the Vancouver International Marathon (2006-2011): when the rubber hits the road.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Turris, Sheila A. Lund, Adam Mui, Justin Wang, Peter L. Lewis, Kerrie Gutman, Samuel J. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE We described an organized, on-site medical response for a large-scale urban marathon event and documented illness/injury rates as well as ambulance transfer rates at the Vancouver International Marathon (VIM). METHODS Case-series report of medical encounters was documented prospectively over a 6-yr period at the VIM. The planning and organization of the on-site medical response is the main focus of this report. RESULTS A total of 67,402 runners participated in the VIM from 2006 to 2011. Over the 6-yr period, 2,986 patient encounters were documented. The patient presentation rate for the series was 45/1,000, the ambulance transfer rate was 0.09-0.58/1,000, and the medical transfer rate was 0.37-1.09/1,000. CONCLUSION A coordinated on-site medical team covering the entire event site and race route was deployed to reduce the severity of illness and injury at a long-distance running event. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000050 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/turris-pdf.11871/ |
| PubMed reference number | 24819005 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000050 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Journal | Current sports medicine reports |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
