It might have been record breaking heat for Boston, but members of the University of South Carolina Athletic Training Education Program were well prepared at the marathon this past Monday. Four junior athletic training students (ATSs), Morgan Blankenship, Maddy Macklin, Erin Mulligan, and Virginia Winn were selected to participate as medical volunteers on the wheel chair sweep teams. Supervising, and also serving as medical volunteers, were assistant professor Dr. Toni Torres-McGehee and doctoral student Dawn Minton.
This is the second year the program has selected ATSs to apply for positions on the medical team and we plan on making it an annual event. We think it is a fantastic opportunity for ATSs to be exposed to a very unique mass casualty experience that they would not have otherwise. Additionally, ATSs are able to network with athletic trainers (ATs) and ATSs from other universities, as well as other medical professionals.
After covering 5K and 1 mile events Sunday morning, the students attended a student conference hosted by Boston University’s athletic training students’ association. Speaking at this conference were faculty and staff ATs from Boston University and Ms. Minton. The conference focused on medical concerns for marathon participants and evidence based medicine on current topics related to sports medicine.
Come back soon to read about some of the first hand experiences and lessons that the ATSs received while helping thousands of runners!
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