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04-03-2014, 10:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2014, 02:13 PM by CityFarmer.)
can't imagine waking up at 4am to run 42km. I wonder which sane doctor or sinseh or health promotor would this is good for your body?
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014
SSINGAPORE - A spokesperson for the SCDF said their ambulance took 19 minutes to reach a man who had collapsed during a marathon on Sunday as there was no sign of anyone requiring assistance when they arrived at the specified location at Tanjong Rhu Road.
They were subsequently informed that the man who had fainted was in close proximity to Stadium Crescent, and arrived within nine minutes.
The 45-year-old man later passed away and was pronounced dead at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
The police have confirmed that the cause of the man's death was cardiac arrest.
Shin Min Daily News reported that the incident occurred at 5am, an hour after the race started.
The man is understood to have been taking part in the 42km marathon, but collapsed at the 11km mark. The Chinese daily identified the man as Martynn Koh, formerly a vice-president at a multi-national company.
He had taken part in the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore last December and the Sundown Marathon in June.
A reader alerted citizen journalism website Stomp to a social media post describing how a man had collapsed suddenly while running in the 2XU Compression Run 2014 held at Nicoll Highway.
A spokesperson for the SCDF said a call came in at about 5.05am requesting for an ambulance for a man who fainted at Tanjong Rhu Road near Dunman High School.
"The SCDF ambulance arrived at the location within 10 minutes, but could not find anyone requiring assistance. The ambulance crew was subsequently informed that the man who fainted was in close proximity to Stadium Crescent.
"The ambulance immediately proceeded to the location and arrived within nine minutes. Upon arrival, a member of the public was performing CPR on the man.
"An SCDF paramedic immediately applied the AED and a shock was administered. Mechanical CPR was also applied on the man while enroute to Tan Tock Seng hospital.
"The hospital was alerted to be ready to receive the case."
Police are currently investigating the case as unnatural death.
- See more at: http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/ma...vdrCb.dpuf
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014
SSINGAPORE - A spokesperson for the SCDF said their ambulance took 19 minutes to reach a man who had collapsed during a marathon on Sunday as there was no sign of anyone requiring assistance when they arrived at the specified location at Tanjong Rhu Road.
They were subsequently informed that the man who had fainted was in close proximity to Stadium Crescent, and arrived within nine minutes.
The 45-year-old man later passed away and was pronounced dead at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
The police have confirmed that the cause of the man's death was cardiac arrest.
Shin Min Daily News reported that the incident occurred at 5am, an hour after the race started.
The man is understood to have been taking part in the 42km marathon, but collapsed at the 11km mark. The Chinese daily identified the man as Martynn Koh, formerly a vice-president at a multi-national company.
He had taken part in the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore last December and the Sundown Marathon in June.
A reader alerted citizen journalism website Stomp to a social media post describing how a man had collapsed suddenly while running in the 2XU Compression Run 2014 held at Nicoll Highway.
A spokesperson for the SCDF said a call came in at about 5.05am requesting for an ambulance for a man who fainted at Tanjong Rhu Road near Dunman High School.
"The SCDF ambulance arrived at the location within 10 minutes, but could not find anyone requiring assistance. The ambulance crew was subsequently informed that the man who fainted was in close proximity to Stadium Crescent.
"The ambulance immediately proceeded to the location and arrived within nine minutes. Upon arrival, a member of the public was performing CPR on the man.
"An SCDF paramedic immediately applied the AED and a shock was administered. Mechanical CPR was also applied on the man while enroute to Tan Tock Seng hospital.
"The hospital was alerted to be ready to receive the case."
Police are currently investigating the case as unnatural death.
- See more at: http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/content/ma...vdrCb.dpuf