Primal Quest Dispatch #2: Preparations in Moab, Utah
By Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P, WEMT, Emergency Preparedness Systems, LLC
EMSResponder.com Contributor
Greg Friese reports directly from the staging area for Primal Quest, the world’s toughest Adventure Race, where he is a first-time medical volunteer. Athletes and organizers have gathered in Moab, Utah to undergo training and preparations for the race, which will run from June 25 to July 5, 2006.
Greg’s second dispatch describes the 25-member medical crew and their strategy for providing care for the 360 racers over the course of the 800 km race, which has racers climbing, running, bicycling, paddling, swimming and horseback riding in daytime temperatures of over 100 degrees.
He describes the medical problems the team expects to encounter, pertinent training they have reviewed, as well as the event’s rules for medical care and how that care will impact race participants.This dispatch also describes the training racers and event volunteers have received on the “Leave No Trace” Principles regarding activity in the wilderness, and how it applies to EMS.
Watch for additional podcasts from Greg Friese straight from the field, and watch for his related feature, “An EMS Adventure: Providing Medical Care for the Primal Quest Adventure Race,” in the September issue of EMS Magazine.
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Thank you
David M. Kase
Firefighter/Paramedic
N.E. Ohio
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