Sudden cardiac death during open water swimming

摘要: Since becoming an Olympic event in 2008, open water swimming has become one of the fastest growing mass participation sports worldwide; events have taken place with over 25 000 participants. With these numbers comes inherent risk adverse medical events. The recently released USA Triathlon (USAT) Fatality Incidents Study1 reviewed data from 2003 to 2011 and reports that period 43 athlete fatalities were recorded during race Of these, five considered ‘traumatic’, caused cycling; remaining 38 deaths, 30 occurred swim. These suggest a swim represents greatest relative hazard associated Despite this, mechanism cause death remains something mystery; USAT Study, autopsy information was not reviewed, but it is concluded ‘available indicates appear be by episodes sudden cardiac (SCD)’—having found enough evidence deaths swimming-induced pulmonary edema …