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All winter long, three UND-connected physicians put their training to use by handling emergencies at the national Snocross Racing Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Snocross physicians care for injured riders in an austere environment: sometimes at night, and always in freezing temperatures, under stadium lights, and in front of large crowds. YouTube screenshot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let medical schools in southern climes staff the first-aid tents serving the World Surfing Championships, say, or the Parasailing Nationals.<\/p>\n

For three UND-connected physicians with skills in emergency medicine, including the chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, the place to be on North Country winter weekends is trackside at the AMSOIL Snocross Championship series.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where you\u2019ll find them tending to injured racers in the Super Bowl of snowmobile racing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not quite like providing medical backup at a hockey game, said Dr. Zach Paull, a 2021 graduate of the UND medical school and an AMSOIL Snocross Championship medic. After all, \u201cyou generally know what to expect from a hockey game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little different when you have 450-pound sleds flying around the track,\u201d Paull said.<\/p>\n

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From left, Dr. Jon Solberg, Dr. Emily Woods and Dr. Zach Paull confer in the Snocross Mobile Medical Team\u2019s mobile medical trailer. All UND SMHS graduates (and with Dr. Solberg serving as chair of the School\u2019s Emergency Medicine Department), the three physicians bring a big UND presence to AMSOIL Snocross Championship races, where they help lead the team that offers emergency care. UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Jon Solberg, the chair of UND\u2019s Emergency Medicine Department and Paull\u2019s colleague on the Snocross Mobile Medical Team, agreed. Maybe rodeo is a closer parallel. \u201cBut the difference is, we\u2019ve got 15 rodeo athletes riding bulls at the same time and in the same arena,\u201d Solberg said.<\/p>\n

Add the fact that the races \u2013 whose riders, propelled by 60-mph speeds and 30-foot-high jumps, can fly on their sleds nearly half the length of a football field before touching the ground \u2013 take place outdoors in at times below-zero conditions, and you\u2019ve got a series of very exciting but very challenging events, Solberg said.<\/p>\n

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Snocross racers line up for a practice start. According to the World Snowmobile Association, snocross is the most popular form of snowmobile racing. UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018World-class track-side medical care\u2019<\/h2>\n

Watching over each race and running out on the track, when necessary, to recover injured riders is the Snocross Mobile Medical Team. The nonprofit organization was formed \u201cto bring world-class track-side medical care to the athletes and crew of the national AMSOIL Championship Snocross series at no cost to the athletes,\u201d the team\u2019s website states.<\/p>\n

The 13-member team includes physicians, EMTs, paramedics and other medical professionals, about half of whom are present at each race. Said Solberg, \u201cit\u2019s a small and intimate group of very experienced people, who work together every weekend in the wintertime and do our best to keep the riders and crews safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd everybody on the team who\u2019s a doc is from UND. It just speaks volumes about the medical school and what its alumni go out and do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snocross \u2013 the most popular form of snowmobile racing \u2013 sees riders on high-performance sleds tackle the jumps and tight turns of motocross, except on snow instead of dirt. The AMSOIL Snocross Championship Series features 17 races across eight weekends. The races take place in northern states from North Dakota to New York and attract top riders from across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan.<\/p>\n

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Snocross racers jump their snowmobiles 30 feet in the air and up to 90 feet in distance. UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Emily Woods, a 2017 UND SMHS grad, recently completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. That\u2019s one of the top programs in that specialty in the world.<\/p>\n

But Mayo Clinic Hospital\u2019s emergency room is one thing, and Snocross events are another, Woods said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI trained at a Level I trauma center,\u201d Woods said. \u201cI had an operating room, I had a surgeon, I had six nurses in my trauma resuscitation bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut out there by the track, it\u2019s me, maybe three or four medics, and a nurse. And we\u2019re trying to decide, what needs to happen right now? Who do we send to the hospital, and who can we deal with right here?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’ve got to be someone who works well in an environment where there are limited resources and a lot of unknowns.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Emily Woods, UND SMHS Class of 2017, attends to a facial laceration at an AMSOIL Snocross Champioinship event. UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Triaging at the track<\/h2>\n

Moreover, the isolation is just the beginning of the medical team\u2019s challenges for any given race.<\/p>\n

The first factor that plays a role is the environment, meaning both the high-speed race itself and also the weather.<\/p>\n

Team members are positioned around the track at the race\u2019s start. A rapid-response Polaris Ranger UTV with a custom medical gurney is standing by.<\/p>\n

When a rider gets injured, race officials wave yellow flags, alerting the other riders that a medical team is entering the track. Keeping the injured athlete and the medical team member safe is paramount in these moments. If the rider needs to be evacuated, he or she will be transported to the team\u2019s mobile medical trailer \u2013 basically, a small but functional emergency room on wheels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trailer provides a warm, safe environment where we can get the pads and helmet off, and see what\u2019s going on,\u201d Solberg said.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s going on can be one or more of any number of injuries. Said Woods, \u201cwe see dislocated shoulders and broken ankles, but we also see more serious things such as spinal fractures or a punctured lung.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sport\u2019s 30-foot jumps mean falls happen, too, as do crushing injuries from sleds landing on riders.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an intense environment that calls upon practitioners\u2019 full range of abilities. These include skills in not only emergency medicine but also human relations, as when decisions must be made about whether riders can get back on the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a balance,\u201d Woods said. \u201cSometimes you have to take their helmet and say, \u2018You can\u2019t race anymore.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut these are young athletes who are very driven. So when you\u2019re telling them, \u2018You have a dislocated shoulder, you should be in a sling for four weeks,\u2019 you have to remember: That\u2019s four race weekends that they\u2019d need to miss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus, said Paull, \u201cI\u2019ve seen pro riders dislocate a shoulder in one heat, then have it popped in, and they go out and win the next heat, 20 minutes later. Some of these riders are just a different breed, and they all know what they\u2019re getting into.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The medical trailer that the Snocross Mobile Medical Team uses is essentially a small emergency room on wheels. UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Building friendships, honing skills<\/h2>\n

The good news is that the fast pace and constant teamwork lead to tremendous camaraderie among the Snocross Mobile Medical members. Solberg served as an Army doctor for seven years, and says the goodwill recalls the best parts of his time in the military: \u201cThe satisfaction that you get from being part of a team like this is really wonderful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s definitely part of the allure of doing these races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another benefit is accruing to the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences itself. \u201cThis Snocross work with ambulance services across our region has led to UND starting, for the first time, an elective rotation for fourth-year medical students on \u2018EMS Direction,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students will be going out and riding along with the ambulance. They\u2019re riding with the police department and the fire department, and learning how emergency medical services really are managed out in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solberg\u2019s goal with that elective and other departmental offerings is to strengthen UND students\u2019 background in emergency medicine. \u201cIf you wreck your car almost anywhere in rural North Dakota, the odds are you\u2019ll be cared for by an ambulance crew whose medical director is a UND-trained family medicine doctor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we\u2019re trying to make sure all of those students are skilled in emergency medicine. I think the students appreciate that, because they realize that no matter what specialty they go into, they\u2019re probably going to encounter emergencies, and they\u2019ll want to know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As this photo of UND SMHS Emergency Medicine Department Chair Dr. Jon Solberg suggests, caring for patients on a Snocross track requires bundling up for cold weather. UND SMHS photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

North Dakota diligent<\/h2>\n

For her part, Woods said she\u2019s not surprised that three doctors with UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences ties wound up on the Snocross medical team, one of the more exciting emergency-medicine and sports-medicine gigs around.<\/p>\n

UND-trained physicians have a reputation for being industrious and collegial, as well as skilled: \u201cWhenever I\u2019ve interviewed for residency or fellowships, once I say I\u2019m from North Dakota, they\u2019re like, \u2018She\u2019s going to work hard.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThat work ethic is a big part of our reputation, which I think is so cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solberg agreed. \u201cEven in the military, when I said I was from North Dakota, I can\u2019t count the number of times people said, \u2018Oh, I like this guy already, because I know he\u2019ll get the job done,\u201d said Solberg, UND SMHS Class of 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s the same on the Snocross track. There are not a lot of physicians who\u2019d be willing to stand there in 20 below, ready to jump into the fray to care for somebody who\u2019s injured. But the North Dakota docs are willing to do it, you know? That speaks volumes for the school.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s notes:<\/strong> The Snocross Mobile Medical Team is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and depends on donations and sponsorships to operate. For more information or to make a donation, visit the organization\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The video below, a production of The Formula Fueled by @Sunoco video series, does not mention the physicians profiled above, but does offer a vivid picture of what life on the Snocross Mobile Medical Team is like.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/mAt5yjc0lOs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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