SA STUDI Tough Mudder Death The Tough Mudder describes itself as a 10-12 mile (18-20 km)...

  

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SA STUDI Tough Mudder Death The Tough Mudder describes itself as a 10-12 mile (18-20 km) obstade course designed to test all-around strength, stamina, teamwork, and mental grit. Tough Mudder is Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet. Probably" (Tough Mudder, n.d, para. 1). According to their website, "for a Tough Mudder, life is about push- ing boundaries and overcoming all obstacles through teamwork-and having fun along the way" (Tough Mudder, n.d, para. 7). The events that occur at a Tough Mudder event vary, but each one is uniquely challenging, and, some may say, painful. Each obstacle requires strength, agility, grit, and camaraderie. The Leap of Faith requires participants to jump for a dan- gling cargo net to pull them to safety. If they don't make it, the participants fall into the water and must swim. In Balls to the Wall, participants climb a 3.5-meter wall with only a muddy rope. Once on top, they must descend on the other side. This is especially taxing at the end of the course. Electroshock Therapy entails participants running through a field of live wires. There are hay bales and sinkholes throughout the field, which can cause a participant to fall into the electrified mud. In Walk the Plank, participants jump from 12 feet in the air into a deep, muddy pit of water below. Once in the muddy water, participants must swim 40 feet to the other side. Tough Mudder urges participants to skip this obstacle if they are unable to swim. The Walk the Plank obstacle was the site of the first death at a Tough Mudder event In April 2003, 28-year-old Avishek Sengupta drowned while participating in a Tough Mudder in West Virginia. Sengupta jumped in the water of the Walk the Plank obstacle but never resurfaced. Tough Mudder staff and emergency person nel removed Sengupta from the water and performed CPR on him. The staff and emergency medical technicians resuscitated him so that his heart was beating and he was breathing, but his brain was compromised due to the length of time he was submerged in the water. One spectator, Antoinette DiVittorio, recounts the incident in an article written by Andrew Metcalf (2013). Twas waiting on the side where the water was, watch- ing people jump in, says DiVittorio. His teammates were waiting on the side of the water when one guy said to a staff member 'my teammate jumped into the water and didn't come out yet According to DiVittorio, the staff member didn't take action for a few minutes after being told Sengupta was still in the water. It wasn't until she and one of Senguptas teammates asked the staff member, "Why aren't you doing anything that the staff member took action "At that point in time According to DiVittoria of the water and memberian down to the everyone stop jumping," DiVittorio recalls. suit began searching the top to do so for a couple of minutes until another staff going on, and finding aut, ardered the other staff na tank and goggles to search underwater It seemed like an extensive period of time went by before anyone went under," recalls DiVittorio. "Within one minute of trolling the bottom, they pulled him out." DiVittorio estimated that an ambulance didn't arrive until about 30 minutes after Sengupta was pulled from the water, despite her seeing multiple ambulances located across the course. During that time, she said rescuers attempted to resus- citate Sengupta. Pretend you are the manager for a Tough Mudder event, and consider the following: 1. Research the risk management procedures for Tough Mudder and other extreme sport events. What protocols are in place in the event of an emergency? 2. How would you have handled the situation? 3. Create a risk management plan for the Tough Mudder to ensure that another death does not occur. Be thorough in this plan. You must discuss how you would deal with the event overall, giving five specific obstacles. CASE REFERENCES Metcalf. A. (2013), Witnesses describe scene at fatal tough mudder jump. SA STUDI Tough Mudder Death The Tough Mudder describes itself as a 10-12 mile (18-20 km) obstade course designed to test all-around strength, stamina, teamwork, and mental grit. Tough Mudder is Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet. Probably" (Tough Mudder, n.d, para. 1). According to their website, "for a Tough Mudder, life is about push- ing boundaries and overcoming all obstacles through teamwork-and having fun along the way" (Tough Mudder, n.d, para. 7). The events that occur at a Tough Mudder event vary, but each one is uniquely challenging, and, some may say, painful. Each obstacle requires strength, agility, grit, and camaraderie. The Leap of Faith requires participants to jump for a dan- gling cargo net to pull them to safety. If they don't make it, the participants fall into the water and must swim. In Balls to the Wall, participants climb a 3.5-meter wall with only a muddy rope. Once on top, they must descend on the other side. This is especially taxing at the end of the course. Electroshock Therapy entails participants running through a field of live wires. There are hay bales and sinkholes throughout the field, which can cause a participant to fall into the electrified mud. In Walk the Plank, participants jump from 12 feet in the air into a deep, muddy pit of water below. Once in the muddy water, participants must swim 40 feet to the other side. Tough Mudder urges participants to skip this obstacle if they are unable to swim. The Walk the Plank obstacle was the site of the first death at a Tough Mudder event In April 2003, 28-year-old Avishek Sengupta drowned while participating in a Tough Mudder in West Virginia. Sengupta jumped in the water of the Walk the Plank obstacle but never resurfaced. Tough Mudder staff and emergency person nel removed Sengupta from the water and performed CPR on him. The staff and emergency medical technicians resuscitated him so that his heart was beating and he was breathing, but his brain was compromised due to the length of time he was submerged in the water. One spectator, Antoinette DiVittorio, recounts the incident in an article written by Andrew Metcalf (2013). Twas waiting on the side where the water was, watch- ing people jump in, says DiVittorio. His teammates were waiting on the side of the water when one guy said to a staff member 'my teammate jumped into the water and didn't come out yet According to DiVittorio, the staff member didn't take action for a few minutes after being told Sengupta was still in the water. It wasn't until she and one of Senguptas teammates asked the staff member, "Why aren't you doing anything that the staff member took action "At that point in time According to DiVittoria of the water and memberian down to the everyone stop jumping," DiVittorio recalls. suit began searching the top to do so for a couple of minutes until another staff going on, and finding aut, ardered the other staff na tank and goggles to search underwater It seemed like an extensive period of time went by before anyone went under," recalls DiVittorio. "Within one minute of trolling the bottom, they pulled him out." DiVittorio estimated that an ambulance didn't arrive until about 30 minutes after Sengupta was pulled from the water, despite her seeing multiple ambulances located across the course. During that time, she said rescuers attempted to resus- citate Sengupta. Pretend you are the manager for a Tough Mudder event, and consider the following: 1. Research the risk management procedures for Tough Mudder and other extreme sport events. What protocols are in place in the event of an emergency? 2. How would you have handled the situation? 3. Create a risk management plan for the Tough Mudder to ensure that another death does not occur. Be thorough in this plan. You must discuss how you would deal with the event overall, giving five specific obstacles. CASE REFERENCES Metcalf. A. (2013), Witnesses describe scene at fatal tough mudder jump.

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