Athlete who suffered cardiac arrest at Tay Ho Half Marathon had a 4-year history of high blood pressure

A representative of the organizing committee of the Tay Ho Half Marathon 2024 said that the PBM athlete who suffered a cardiac arrest on the race track had a history of high blood pressure. However, the organizing committee did not know this information when Mr. M. registered to participate.

" Information provided by the family to the hospital doctor is that Mr. M. has a history of high blood pressure and has been taking high blood pressure medication for 4 years. If Mr. M. has such an underlying disease, he should not participate in the race. The organizing committee cannot know that the athlete is taking medication. If they knew, Mr. M. would not be allowed to participate. It was not until he was hospitalized that his wife informed him of this ," a representative of the organizing committee of the Tay Ho Half Marathon 2024 told VTC News.

Tay Ho Half Marathon is held in Hanoi. — Tay Ho Half Marathon is held in Hanoi .

On April 16, responding to VTC News reporters, a representative of the Tay Ho District People's Committee (Hanoi) said that the Tay Ho Half Marathon 2024 had 14 cases requiring medical assistance. Of these, 6 cases needed to be taken to the hospital, 5 people's health was stable, 1 person's condition was severe and was being monitored at Bach Mai Hospital.

The most serious case is athlete PBM (34 years old, in Thanh Hoa ). At 5:55 a.m. on April 14, athlete M. participated in the 21km stage of the Tay Ho Half Marathon 2024 and collapsed when he was only about 100m from the finish line.

The organizers added: " We have 8 ambulances on the race track and the finish line. There are 30 doctors and nurses from district health units, Bach Mai hospital and some other hospitals. The organizers have a plan to handle incidents, with people having health problems at any point, to take them to the hospital as quickly as possible.

For example, from the starting point to Van Cao intersection, athletes with problems will be transferred to Hanoi Heart Hospital, branch 2. If on the east side of the race track, the organizers will transfer to Xanh Pon hospital. The organizers have discussed very carefully and submitted it to the city's Department of Health for approval .

According to the representative of the tournament organizing committee, the unit continuously informs athletes about health issues. All people with underlying diseases or heart-related diseases are not recommended to participate in the tournament.

After the incident, Mr. M. was given emergency medical treatment and taken to Hanoi Heart Hospital, Branch 2, for emergency treatment, and then transferred to Bach Mai Hospital.

At Bach Mai Hospital, athlete M.'s health condition has worsened and he is currently being monitored and treated at the intensive care center. The patient has a history of high blood pressure for 4 years, is regularly treated with Coversyn, and has a baseline blood pressure of 130/70mmHG.

In the medical report, the patient was given emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation for 30 minutes but it was ineffective. The patient's pulse returned 5 times but then lost it again after 20 seconds.

After first aid, the athlete was immediately transferred to Hanoi Heart Hospital, branch 2. However, the patient's condition was serious and he was immediately transferred to Bach Mai Hospital at 12:00 noon the same day. Up to this point, the patient is still on ECMO and receiving intensive treatment.

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