How to deal with heatstroke when running in summer.

Except for cases of health symptoms or cardiovascular and heat -related problems mentioned by researchers as the main cause of dangerous incidents on the run. Hot weather, plus strong intensity activity for a long time will lead to thermal shock due to exertion (also known as Exercional Heat Stroke, abbreviated as EHS).

EHS usually occurs when the body temperature is more than 40.5 degrees Celsius, according to American College of Sport Medicine. 40.5 degrees Celsius at first glance, but this is the temperature inside the body, so it is always higher than the temperature measured by the thermometer through the skin about 1 degree. Moreover, the temperature inside the body up to 38-39 degrees is quite normal when exercising with high intensity, especially speeding training sessions (Tempo) for a long time.

The higher the outdoor temperature, the more the temperature inside the body is increasing if there is no cooling measures such as adding water, flushing water to cool the body ... Therefore, the risk of heat shock Also especially high in summer competitions, when outdoor temperatures can reach 35 degrees.

Thermal shock usually leads to the central nervous system disorders. Therefore, people with heat shock may have signs of loss of orientation, loss of awareness, coma or seizures. Thermal shock is also a multi -organ damage, leading to damage to internal organs (liver, kidney damage ...) accompanied by high body temperature.

Due to the longer the characteristics, the worse the prognosis, the first aid measures of people with thermal shock play a decisive role in rescue. This is a skill that runner needs and should be equipped to help others, or protect themselves when being right.

In many cases, people with thermal shock fell into a deep coma and acute organs, due to an ambulance for a few minutes and the pedestrians did not know how to give first aid. Therefore, first aid by cooling down does not seem too complicated, but it is very effective to prevent bad progress.

Different from the three -subjects of swimming - pedaling - running (triathlon) usually starts running from 11am, or even 15-16 o'clock depending on the distance, jogging prizes usually come from 3am to 4am. Therefore, Runner does not necessarily have to practice in the hot weather (Heat-Training) to get acquainted. Instead, exercise regularly and hard to complete a distance of 42km in 4 hours (sub4), a distance of 21km in 2 hours (sub2) to 2 hours 30 minutes (sub2.30) to finish at about 6- 7am, before the heat upper is higher, it will be more beneficial.

In tournaments, whether large or small, slow running people will suffer a lot, especially the risk of running out of water at water reception stations. Runner should also start from short distances such as 5km and 10km, only increasing to 21km and 42km when feeling enough, avoiding half marathon and full marathon in the first run.

Typically, incidents in tournaments occur in the second half of the track. Ensuring safety for athletes must be put on top by the organizers. In the seminars of the World Athletics Federation, experts often recall many times as the exemption of responsibility is actually just formal. If an accident occurs (and if the victim's family asks for the investigation), the first factor is considered as the Organizing Committee will fully prepare rescue and rescue plans in emergency situations. or not. Therefore, Runner, in addition to understanding his ability, also needs to understand his rights when participating in a tournament.