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This paper also highlights the importance of knowing where most of these events
occur during the race course. This information is crucial for event organizers, local
EMS, law enforcement and other public safety personnel. A higher concentration
of emergency response teams in the last quarter of road races should be
considered.
Cardiac arrests during road races are relatively uncommon. Nonetheless, the
growing popularity of road races and the number of runners with known or
subclinical cardiovascular disease could increase the risk and frequency of cardiac
arrest. The most likely first responder in an endurance race will be another runner
or a spectator. Therefore, there is a growing impetus to offer hands-only CPR
training for runners and spectators at the race weekend expositions.6 A well-
prepared emergency action plan with strategic allocation of resources throughout
the course will have better outcomes when such events do occur. The key
component to a successful program involves regular rehearsal, and rapid access
to CPR, AED (delivering a shock less than 5 min from the time of collapse) and
rapid transportation to medical facilities.7-8
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Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Sports and Exercise Cardiology,
Implantable Devices, SCD/Ventricular Arrhythmias
Keywords: Sports, Athletes, First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Reaction Time,
Defibrillators, Heart Arrest, Death, Sudden, Cardiac
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