{"id":86473,"date":"2018-10-22T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86473"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T01:07:18","slug":"jabsom-students-ironman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/jabsom-students-ironman\/","title":{"rendered":"Future doctors help 40th Ironman racers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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John A. Burns School of Medicine students at the first aide tent at the Ironman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The weigh-in station is an important medical resource.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They didn’t compete in the race, but 11 University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> of M\u0101noa<\/a> medical students played a big part in pulling off the 40th annual Ironman World Championship on October 13 in Kailua-Kona.<\/p>\n

The students from the John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) flew to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island to report for duty, staffing the first-aid tents at the race.<\/p>\n

Fourth-year medical student Keahi Horowitz<\/strong> is the veteran. He has volunteered four years in a row, this time showing the ropes to second-year students Lucia Amore<\/strong> and Jenna Yoshisato<\/strong>, co-coordinators of the JABSOM<\/abbr> trip, and eight first-year students who enthusiastically pitched in at the legendary sporting event.<\/p>\n

“It was non-stop from when we began our afternoon shift at the medical tent at 3 p.m.<\/abbr> until the next morning at 1 a.m.<\/abbr>, when we signed off,” said Amore. The Ironman is a 140.6-mile race by swim, bike and run.<\/p>\n

One of the first stops for race participants is the weigh-in tent, where medical workers assess dehydration that an athlete has suffered. The JABSOM<\/abbr> students helped with the pre-race measurements of all athletes, then treated those who needed help with oral rehydration therapy consisting of water, Gatorade or hot broth.<\/p>\n

For the full story, see the JABSOM<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Tina Shelton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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