The WRX Challenge
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While it is all so good and great, to win a sports car by standing and placing one hand on one, under the weather, who will be responsible should a contestant die in the gruelling process???
Has anyone covered this aspect of this competition??? -
That's y they have ambulances and emergency medics on standby as well... Guess it's a requirement for contests like this... The organisers definitely won't neglect the contestants' safety... plus, they also have officials wallking around, so it's highly unlikely a person can die from participating in the contest...
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Standby paramedics can't reverse a massive heart attack - even if the participant is generally deemed fit. Such an incident will bring about 'finger pointing'.
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when god wants ppl to die...he will do it regardless of how healthy and how fit u are...no matter where u are...ur life is in his hands...hahahahaOriginally posted by LH83:That's y they have ambulances and emergency medics on standby as well... Guess it's a requirement for contests like this... The organisers definitely won't neglect the contestants' safety... plus, they also have officials wallking around, so it's highly unlikely a person can die from participating in the contest... -
How true it is, KhidMasAE86.
Just like you wouldn't know when you'd be forcefully drowned by a training officer while undergoing military training, as the recent commando case exemplifies.
Such is, fate. -
Those participating are adults and responsible for their own actions. Should they feel unwell yet decide to continue with the contest, then the choice is theirs. It's the same case as if you feel unwell yet insist to continue running/playing sports/whatever and then faint/collapse.
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You trying to use this example to point finger at the commando drowning incident issit? There's no way contests like this can be 100% safe, that's y they always have indemnity forms, so that the company can't be blamed.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Standby paramedics can't reverse a massive heart attack - even if the participant is generally deemed fit. Such an incident will bring about 'finger pointing'.
But training related accidents are somewhat different... True, this was due to irresponsibility and ignorance of safety, but you can't use the same circumstances for the WRX challenge, for one, the WRX challenge was completely voluntary... the contestants knew what they were doing and they themselves are responsible for their own health and safety...
In the case of whether standby paramedics are adequate, I'd say they are quite adequate, as the ambulance is also at the scene... If I'm not wrong, portable defibrillators are SOP items in the ambulance, so even a person with a heart attack can quite possibly be saved as treatment would be readily available.... -
LH83,
I'd suggest, you re-read my exchange with regards to commando issue. I don't insinuate things, I put forth topics which I find needs addressing. -
Heh... oops... guess I read wrongly... tot someone else wrote that...Originally posted by ShutterBug:LH83,
I'd suggest, you re-read my exchange with regards to commando issue. I don't insinuate things, I put forth topics which I find needs addressing.
As to your first question about who should be responsible, I guess it would fall on both the participant and the organiser as well...
The participant for not knowing when his limits are, and the organisers for not providing adequate medical support...
However, in events like this, there would normally be emergency medical staff around, so the likelihood of anyone dying in the contest should be quite minimal... Unless it's a freak accident like a lightning strike or something... hee...