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Heat Stroke Risk for Open-Water Swimmers During Long-Distance Events
Wilderness & Environmental MedicineVol. 24Issue 4p362–365Published online: July 29, 2013- Filippo Macaluso
- Rosario Barone
- Ashwin W. Isaacs
- Felicia Farina
- Giuseppe Morici
- Valentina Di Felice
Cited in Scopus: 17Open-water swimming is a rapidly growing sport discipline worldwide, and clinical problems associated with long-distance swimming are now better recognized and managed more effectively. The most prevalent medical risk associated with an open-water swimming event is hypothermia; therefore, the Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA) has instituted 2 rules to reduce this occurrence related to the minimum water temperature and the time taken to complete the race. Another medical risk that is relevant to open-water swimmers is heat stroke, a condition that can easily go unnoticed.
