mike.m-@obra.org

There appears to be some confusion lately about how the OBRA 1st aid program

works. To attempt to improve this I am sending this note to the list serve

and also directly to all the event organizers on the schedule.



If you are organizing a race and you want me to find someone to provide 1st

aid I will try to do that but I need notice ahead of time. At least 2 weeks

is good although the more time the better. I can't promise that I will be

able to find someone but I usually can, except for events far outside of the

Portland area. The people I arrange will expect to get paid by the race

organizer. If I do not hear from a race organizer then I do not schedule a

1st aid provider. They are not automatically assigned, in contrast to race

officials who are assigned automatically. Race organizers are not required

to provide 1st aid, although many do.



OBRA provides supplies for the 1st aid providers that I arrange. If a race

organizer makes his own arrangements for a 1st aid provider then they are

expected to provide their own equipment. If I have contact with a 1st aid

provider arranged not through me but through the race organizer then it is

possible that the OBRA 1st aid supplies can be used, but only if I have

contact with them before the event. Again, prior notice is important.



Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.



Mike Murray