Yesterday I participated Sendai Half Marathon as a first aid staff leader.

More than 10,000 runners from the professional to normal citizen ran this race.

It was sunny, a little bit hot and windy, therefore many runners got sick from dehydration.

Our first aid team consisted of about 50 voluntary healthcare providers and all of them have AHA BLS license.

They were divided into small groups and allocated to several points along the entire course.

There were 3-4  staff at each point and thus they took care of runners who got sick or injured around their points.

We treated about 50 sick or injured runners during and after the race.

Obviously most of all were dehydrated and had some clamps of their leg muscles.

Unfortunately several runners were actually transferred to hospital by ambulance car.

On the other hand, luckily there was no cardiac arrest victim.

We realized that LINE which is a kind of APP for smartphone was so helpful to share our conditions timely.

I appreciate to all of our dedicated volunteer members so much.