I thought it was mostly pretty good. However, I was shocked to see that there was a guy *passed out* at mile 16 of the run, and they gave him water, helped him up, and let him keep going. I thought if you needed that kind of help you were done for the day.
BTW, I'm pretty sure you're NOT supposed to give anything to eat or drink to an unconscious person. At least that's what they teach in first aid.
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."
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I thought it was mostly pretty good. However, I was shocked to see that there was a guy *passed out* at mile 16 of the run, and they gave him water, helped him up, and let him keep going. I thought if you needed that kind of help you were done for the day.
BTW, I'm pretty sure you're NOT supposed to give anything to eat or drink to an unconscious person. At least that's what they teach in first aid.
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."
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I thought it was mostly pretty good. However, I was shocked to see that there was a guy *passed out* at mile 16 of the run, and they gave him water, helped him up, and let him keep going. I thought if you needed that kind of help you were done for the day.
Same here.
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BTW, I'm pretty sure you're NOT supposed to give anything to eat or drink to an unconscious person. At least that's what they teach in
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aid.
I don't think he was out at that point. I think I heard the guy who gave him the water asking him if he wanted it first.
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--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."
All I saw was a black screen with "NO SIGNAL" across the top. Probably because our cable company gets its NBC from a Boston Station, and there was severe weather problems yesterday.
Oh Well. I already knew who won.
Jim
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I thought it was mostly pretty good. However, I was shocked to see that there was a guy *passed out* at mile 16 of the run, and they gave him water, helped him up, and let him keep going. I thought if you needed that kind of help you were done for the day.
BTW, I'm pretty sure you're NOT supposed to give anything to eat or drink to an unconscious person. At least that's what they teach in first aid.
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."
I thought it was mostly pretty good. However, I was shocked to see that there was a guy *passed out* at mile 16 of the run, and they gave him water, helped him up, and let him keep going. I thought if you needed that kind of help you were done for the day.
If they'd given him an IV or actual medical attention, he'd have been DQ'd.
But merely giving water and close attention doesn't necessarily do that if, in the opinion of the medical team, he can continue safely.
Also remember that IMH has a reputation for allowing some pretty courageous (outrageous?) behavior to let folks finish. They have a specific waver of the "No crawling" rule, for example.
I thought it was mostly pretty good. However, I was shocked to see that there was a guy *passed out* at mile 16 of the run, and they gave him water, helped him up, and let him keep going. I thought if you needed that kind of help you were done for the day.
If they'd given him an IV or actual medical attention, he'd have been DQ'd.
But merely giving water and close attention doesn't necessarily do that if, in the opinion of the medical team, he can continue safely.
But he received water from another competitor. Isn't that "outside assistance," which at least rates a time penalty?
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."
