04-17-2012, 05:07 PM
re: post 502 ^
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As many as 15 people remain hospitalized in critical condition today after record-setting heat baked the more than 22,000 who braved yesterday’s Boston Marathon. It appears all will recover, race officials said.
Temperatures rose to 87 degrees at one point in Boston yesterday, prompting a final count of 2,800 runners who sought treatment, including 2,181 along the marathon’s 26.2-mile race route, 400 at American Red Cross tents and 215 others at local hospitals, said Boston Athletic Association officials.
Most cases involved heat stroke. A number of case were for over-hydrating. Chris Troyanos, who directs the BAA medical operation said the most serious case he saw involved a man with a temperature of 108 degrees being treated at the finish area medical tent.
wow
As many as 15 people remain hospitalized in critical condition today after record-setting heat baked the more than 22,000 who braved yesterday’s Boston Marathon. It appears all will recover, race officials said.
Temperatures rose to 87 degrees at one point in Boston yesterday, prompting a final count of 2,800 runners who sought treatment, including 2,181 along the marathon’s 26.2-mile race route, 400 at American Red Cross tents and 215 others at local hospitals, said Boston Athletic Association officials.
Most cases involved heat stroke. A number of case were for over-hydrating. Chris Troyanos, who directs the BAA medical operation said the most serious case he saw involved a man with a temperature of 108 degrees being treated at the finish area medical tent.