FBC UPFRONT» Happenings Cardiac Arrest More Common at Arenas Than Gyms


REUTERS — Machines to restart a heart in cardiac arrest are oſt en required by law in fi tness clubs. But a new study has found that people’s hearts more commonly stop in places that are home to alternative forms of exercise.


ACE STUDY FINDS NO DANGER IN MANY HOT YOGA CLASSES Proper hydration and managed temperatures key to ensuring safety


an AED during cardiac arrest. Hot yoga is indeed a hot trend with escalated temperatures perme-


Researchers found the employees of indoor tennis facilities, ice arenas and bowling alleys in and around Seattle were more likely to have to respond to some- one in cardiac arrest, compared to those at health clubs and fi tness centres. “You’ve got higher site incidence at those three areas. If we’re legislating AEDs to traditional fi tness clubs, shouldn’t they be legislated to the others?” said Dr. Richard Page, the study’s lead author and chair of the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.


Approximately 300,000 people in the U.S. go into cardiac arrest every year and about 90 percent of those die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


ating many yoga studios nationwide. However, the question of safety is oſten debated as it relates to dehydration, heat exhaustion and muscle damage with room temperatures ranging from 90 to 105 degrees. In a new independent study commissioned by American Council on


Exercise (ACE), researchers found no difference in the increase in core temperature or heart rate between 60-minute regular yoga and hot yoga classes. “Anytime exercise is conducted in extreme temperatures, it’s impor-


tant to remain hydrated and to watch signs for overheating,” said ACE Chief Science Officer Dr. Cedric Bryant. “However, this study showed that while higher sweat levels may cause participants to feel like they were working harder, heart rates showed they were actually at comparable lev- els whether in the regular or hot yoga class.” Bryant also noted that while the study conducted tested a hot yoga


class with an average temperature of 92 degrees, many hot yoga classes including the popular Bikram yoga, are conducted in temperatures of 105 degrees or higher for longer durations and therefore need to be studied further. “Yoga has significant benefits – from muscular strength and endur-


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ance to flexibility and balance, in addition to its mind-body value,” said Bryant. “For those looking to participate in hot yoga of any kind, it’s im- portant to properly hydrate before, during, and aſter class while also monitoring for early signs or symptoms of heat intolerance (e.g., head- ache, muscle cramps, nausea, dizziness, or fatigue).”


The American College of Sports Medi- cine and the American Heart Association in 2002 encouraged all health and fi tness facilities to have AEDs available, because the risk of cardiac arrest increases during and immediately aſt er physical activity among those who don’t regularly exercise. For the new study, Page and his col- leagues used registries in the state of Washington to see how many cardiac arrests occurred in public indoor locations between 1996 and 2008.


Overall, there were 865 cases and 16 didn’t include information about their locations. Of the remaining 849, 52 oc- curred at fi tness or health clubs and 84 at alternative exercise facilities, including bowling alleys, ice arenas and tennis facilities. The other cardiac arrests oc- curred in other public indoor spaces, such as community centres.


Based on these data, the researchers found that a


fi tness club’s employees can expect to respond to one cardiac arrest every 42 years. That compares to one case every 11 years at a tennis facility, one case every 13 years at an ice arena and one case every 27 years in a bowling alley. Dr. Stephen Meldon, vice chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Emergency Services


Institute, said those facilities with higher rates may want to consider getting AEDs and training their staff in CPR which in- creases a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival until a defi brillator is used. “If you look at the annualized rates, they’re still not remarkably frequent, but at the same time one life is worth one life,” said Meldon. Page and his colleagues found that 83 percent of cardiac arrests at fi tness and health centres were treated with CPR and publicly accessible AEDs, compared to 25 percent at the other sports facilities and community centres.


Cardiac Arrest More Common at Arenas Than Gyms Reuters


Machines to restart a heart in cardiac


arrest are oſten required by law in fit- ness clubs. But a new study has found that people's hearts more commonly stop in places that are home to alternative forms of exercise. Researchers found the employees of


What’s more, 56 percent of people who went into cardiac arrest in fi tness facilities survived compared to 45 percent in the alternative exercise facilities and 34 per- cent in the other indoor public spaces. But those rates, say the researchers write, may not apply to the rest of the country because King County is known for its fast emergency response times and high survival rates for cardiac arrests. The lower incidence and higher survival rates at fi tness clubs may also be partially explained by selection bias because the people at those facilities may be healthier than those at bowling alleys.


indoor tennis facilities, ice arenas and bowling alleys in and around Seattle were more likely to have to respond to some- one in cardiac arrest, compared to those at health clubs and fitness centres. "You've got higher site incidence at


those three areas. If we're legislating AEDs to traditional fitness clubs, shouldn't they be legislated to the others?" said Dr. Richard Page, the study's lead author and chair of the department of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.


“If you look at the individual sites where these are occurring, if you are putting them in fi tness clubs, you should really be putting them in other places,” said Page.


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