Up to 400 runners get first aid
Nov 23, 2008
UGANDA Red Cross Fast Aid staff registered over 400 causality cases at the MTN Kampala Marathon yesterday.
By Swalley Kenyi
UGANDA Red Cross Fast Aid staff registered over 400 causality cases at the MTN Kampala Marathon yesterday.
Sixty of the causalities ran amok or became unconscious due to low sugar levels in their bodies, according to doctors.
Physiotherapist Ntege Ssengendo, who led the first aid team, said that the cases were as a result of improper feeding and insufficient training prior to the race.
Many runners recovered after receiving bottles of water with glucose drips.
An athlete loses consciousness and collapses during a race after dehydration through perspiration.
This results in shortage of glucose supply to the brain.
“Some of them were fighting us as we helped. It happens when an athlete loses his state of mind due to low blood sugar in the brain. They are like drunkards due to shortage of sugar in the brain,†Ssengendo explained.
UGANDA Red Cross Fast Aid staff registered over 400 causality cases at the MTN Kampala Marathon yesterday.
Sixty of the causalities ran amok or became unconscious due to low sugar levels in their bodies, according to doctors.
Physiotherapist Ntege Ssengendo, who led the first aid team, said that the cases were as a result of improper feeding and insufficient training prior to the race.
Many runners recovered after receiving bottles of water with glucose drips.
An athlete loses consciousness and collapses during a race after dehydration through perspiration.
This results in shortage of glucose supply to the brain.
“Some of them were fighting us as we helped. It happens when an athlete loses his state of mind due to low blood sugar in the brain. They are like drunkards due to shortage of sugar in the brain,†Ssengendo explained.