Night marathon in the heat wave… 29 people collapsed, “first level response”

(Edaily reporter Hong Xiuxian) During the marathon held on a hot night, dozens of participants were exhausted. Due to concerns about multiple patients, the fire department issued a level one response, and it has been confirmed that no one is in danger of life.

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According to the fire department on the 18th, 29 people showed symptoms of fatigue just one hour after the marathon race held at the Misha Qingting Park Rowing Stadium started at 7 pm the previous night.

19 of them were taken to a nearby university hospital for treatment. It was reported that another patient in his 30s was unconscious, but it has been confirmed that no one is in danger or in danger of life.

It is understood that the number of people participating in the marathon was about 10,000. The temperature in Henan City was 30.1 degrees during the competition, but due to the high humidity, the temperature felt 1 to 2 degrees higher.

Due to reports of people collapsing soon after the game started, the fire department issued a level one response, set up an emergency center on the scene, and mobilized about 10 equipment including ambulances and fire trucks from nearby areas.

One marathon participant wrote in a blog post, “I saw a person fall down in the middle, and in the last 2 kilometers, (participants) fell down almost every 100 meters.” He went on to say, “There was not enough light at the time, so in the race. It was dark, and other participants said someone fell down, “I hit him,” he testified to the situation at the time. There were also multiple testimonies about the lack of drinking water at the scene.

As the number of people suffering from heat stroke continued to increase, Henan City, together with the fire department, asked the organizers of the event to stop the event and end it early. The fire department completed the first aid measures on the scene and lifted the first response level at around 11 pm.

At the same time, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s heat stroke emergency room monitoring system, as of the 16th, 2,704 people had suffered from heat stroke, an increase of 327 people over the same period last year. The death toll reached 23.