Lessons Learned in the Response to Multiple Cases of Exertional Hyperthermia at an Urban Half Marathon
Lessons learned from this event include the importance of rapid cooling, the role of event-day communications, the varied impacts on emergency department operations, and the increasing need to anticipate such events outside of traditional warm weather seasons.
Authors
- Gideon Loevinsohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4487-3087)
- Lindsay V. Walsh
- Scott A. Goldberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-6956)
- Paul D. Biddinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9664-6476)
- Nellie Darling
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2025.10213
- Primary Topic
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00