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Beaver Island EMS and BIRHC support runners during the inaugural marathon, 2009

Also Beaver Island marathon medical response 2009 · EMS BIRHC marathon support

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TypeEvent
Date2009-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2009-09
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2009 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island EMS and BIRHC supported the inaugural marathon: three runners were transferred to BIRHC and five additional people were treated by EMS without needing transfer.

Evidence limits

This preserves the public service account without identifying patients or adding clinical details beyond the published totals.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "Thanks, Marathon Helpers."
    Reports three runners transferred to BIRHC, five additional people treated by EMS without transfer, and coordination among EMS, BIRHC, and race staff. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the public thank-you report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island EMS and BIRHC support runners during the inaugural marathon, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ems-marathon-response-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "Thanks, Marathon Helpers." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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