Saturday, 11 May 2013

Summer is Coming. How do Sportsmen Feel About It?





Majority of important championships are taking place in summer, when it is hot and the temperature on the streets goes off-scale. In the article from The New York Times Bill Pennington discusses this issue.

            In summer, workload for sportsman is increasing, and coaches are getting their sportsmen into shape by giving more workouts. These workouts are more difficult with air-condition. Young athletes are training in air-conditioned places, and they are not prepared for heat on competitions. 

Cardiac arrest is one of the most common killers among young athletes, which could be determined through electrocardiogram, also known as EKG. In Italy, for example, all athletes have to take EKG to be able continue attending their trainings, while in US requires 25-150$ per EKG, and not provided through insurance. There are a few hospitals and medical centers that offer discounts for young athletes in go through this procedure. Despite this EKG can give false positives, so those sportsmen have to be tested more. 

When someone collapses with sudden cardiac arrest, the survival rate goes down 10 percent every minute if the people around the victim don’t know CPR or have an A.E.D.,” said Ron Courson, the senior associate athletic director of sports medicine at the University of Georgia and a researcher with the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (Pennington, 2013, p. 3).  So what are the solutions? As Pennington (2013) believes that soon EKG will be affordable to every athlete’s parent. Or on the other hand as Douglas Casa suggested in the article government should pay more to trainers, thus they can provide all significant procedures for their sportsman in case of emergency.

 

  
References:
  •   http://www.runnersworld.com/sites/default/files/rt/images/201106/summer-training.jpg
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