“Being on the marathon course allows me to reconnect with the primary care and just taking care of more general medical problems,” added Stubin, who trained in family medicine.ĭr. Also, it’s a love of sports and running and being in a different medical setting than my day-to-day, week-to-week office life,” said Stubin, who will work at a medical tent for his 10th year during this fall’s marathon. “It gives me an opportunity to combine an interest in medicine and a love of medicine. Stubin, for example, works as an OB-GYN at Kaiser Permanente in Silver Spring. Charles Stubin to flex some medical muscles they may not regularly use. The race is a time for volunteers like Dr. The marathon’s smallest aid stations have nine people its largest ones have more than 100 people. So we use our data to look back and try to make things a little bit better every year,” Weinstein said. Those stations are located “where we historically have seen people have problems. Of the 14 aid stations along the course, five of them are “enhanced,” meaning they have the ability to do additional lab work, cardiac care and treatment for heat stroke. Most of the cases are minor, and medical teams stretch them, give them ice, tape them or bandage them before sending them on their way. Musculoskeletal issues - such as strains, sprains and blisters - most frequently sideline runners and cause them to stop at medical tents, Weinstein said. Anything more serious may require transporting a runner to the hospital, she said. Most of the medical tents can do what Weinstein calls “first aid plus”: offer oxygen, automated external defibrillators, Vaseline, first aid supplies, basic medications and ice. So from that standpoint, we can actually assimilate very well and work very, very well together,” Weinstein said.Īll the prep work leads up to marathon weekend, which includes a kid’s fun run, a 10K race and marathon - all of which bring thousands of participants and spectators to the D.C. Those rules of practice are the same no matter where you’re from and what your role is. You’re empathetic, you stop and you do vital signs and then you assess. “Even though different systems may have different protocols, the way you take care of people doesn’t change. But overall, most volunteers won’t see anything they aren’t able to handle. Organizers determine medical supplies and equipment needed for the aid stations, decide where along the race course to put the tents, recruit volunteers and train them for their roles.Ī YouTube video sent to all volunteers helps train them for their roles. It takes a nearly year-round effort to get the medical team and resources ready for the race.
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