Texas EMS Magazine, Volume 19, Number 1, January/February 1998 Page: 45
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Thousands of screaming fans make
lhfe interesting for football medicsPat and Harcld Crutsir.ger, finding coordi-
nators of UT ElMiS, watch the crowdfrom an
aid station.Pat and HarrI d Crutsinger.
Working a football game is not un-
like doing a confined space rescue in a
open street market. While you have
lots of open room around you and the
patient, every available inch of that
space is taken up with warm bodies,
who may or may not appreciate the
fact that they may miss seeing a touch-
down run because you're reviving the
person sitting next to them. And it
never fails, when the patient feels faint,
he lays down between the rows of
bleachers, providing very tight access.
During the early season, most of
the calls invave heat-related problems.However, medical and trauma calls
that aren't heat-related abound, with
trauma (falls), cardiac and diabetic
emergencies topping the list. During
the really cold game days, problems
with exposure come into play. Fortu-
nately, we don't have that many real-
ly cold game days in Central Texas!
Like street medicine, there are
occasional problems...radio traffic
so heavy you can't get a word in, ra-
dios that don't work, dispatcher radi-
os that can't reach the upper deck,
aid stations closed off because they
are overflowing and too many calls
at once. But the rewards of helping
those in need are just as fulfilling
as they are on the street. Plus, if
you're lucky, you get to see most of
the game.-3January/February 1998 Texas EMS Magazine 45
When he's not at UT
football games, EMT
Barry Sharp works in
TDH's Adult Health
and coordinates the
agency'sfirst responder
team. Lookfor Sharp's
byline in a series of well-
ness articles in upcom-
ing issues.
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