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 Post subject: Re: Death at Pikes Peak Hillclimb
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:25 pm 
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F1 has had their own traveling safety/medical team for years and other large racing series have done the same. It clearly can work for large series that are well funded and put on multiple events per year. I can't see how a "once per year" event could make it work, but I wonder if there could be a business case for providing emergency care that is a step above local EMT in high risk sporting events. In short "traveling safety/medical team for hire". I expect they would be used to expand upon what local EMT can provide.

This is an old article, but interesting read regarding usage of your own dedicated safety/medical team vs. relying upon local resources. This came about due to the Grand-Am/ALMS merger...

http://sportscar365.com/imsa/changes-co ... fety-team/

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 Post subject: Re: Death at Pikes Peak Hillclimb
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:47 pm 
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RobLupella wrote:
I read some of the comments including one by someone who makes some points about there being a First Aide Station and EMT personnel on top of the mountain. To me what needs to be looked at is the issue of is it feasible to get a helo up there in a reasonable time frame or have ambulances closer? Was there adequately trained personnel in range? While cost is an object the folks in $20K E30's are not representative any more of all the participants. There is manufacturer participation and they can afford "sponsorship" fees to provide better organization of this event. There will always be a risk involved with motorsports but the duty should be that the owners/organizers of events/tracks make sure that the event is "safe"


It's the fifth death in 100 years. I'm not saying they shouldn't change something so they can be better prepared, but I also don't think they need to go crazy with expensive changes that could change the entire face of the event.


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