UNE Physical Therapy students provide medical care at Beach to Beacon 2016

UNE volunteers at Beach to beacon 2016

A group of dedicated UNE students from the Doctor of Physical Therapy program donated their time on Saturday, August 6, 2016 to provide medical care to athletes running in the annual Beach to Beacon 10k road race.

The students, along with Kirsten Buchanan, Ph.D., P.T., A.T.C., assistant clinical professor, assisted with all aspects of care on the medical team in the pre-finish area, at the finish line and in the medical tent. They directly helped more than 45 people who came into the medical tent. Because of the high temperatures, many of the patients came in with heat stroke. One patient had a temperature of 108.8, a record for the race. With the help of the student volunteers that patient walked out of the medical tent and was able to celebrate with family that night.

 

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.