Infographic. Prehospital management of exertional heat stroke at sports competitions for Paralympic athletes

This infographic presents a summary of the prehospital management of exertional heat stroke (EHS) at sports competitions for Para athletes.1 Our original article was designed to provide Para athlete-specific modifications to the original EHS algorithm that was developed and implemented at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.2 Both the Olympic and Paralympic algorithms were successfully rolled out during educational workshops leading into the games, and implemented with support of the organising committee medical volunteers in Tokyo. It is the authors’ intention that these algorithms can be used at other events where Para athletes compete, given that competitive para sport opportunities are expanding. For example, we now see Para athletes appearing at the Diamond league athletic programme and at integrated elite sport events such as the Commonwealth Games, which recently featured fully integrated national teams in ten events in five different para sports. As a sport and...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Tags: BJSM Infographic Source Type: research