Mass Gathering Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Taiwan Experience of Long-distance Swimming Across Sun-Moon Lake

Mass Gathering Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Taiwan Experience of Long-distance Swimming Across Sun-Moon Lake

Once a year during the festival of Sun-Moon Lake in Nan-Tou County, Taiwan, a long-distance swimming mass gathering (LDSMG) event takes place. This event, in which participants swim an estimated 30 km, is very popular; the total number of spectators and participants at the 2002 festival was 15,189....

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Main Authors: Wen-Han Chang, Kuo-Song Chang, Chien-Shuan Huang, Ming-Yuan Huang, Ding-Kuo Chien, Cheng-Ho Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2010-06-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
emergency medicine
mass gathering
patient presentation rate
physical endurance
swimming
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959810700259

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