Marathon runner goes into cardiac arrest
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A 21-year-old male went into cardiac arrest during the 18th mile of the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday and was transported to UCLA Medical Center, where he is breathing and has a pulse but remains unconscious.
‘The great thing was that we got to him so quickly, but unfortunately he was in a bad situation,’ said Greg Gibson, battalion chief for the Los Angeles Fire Department. ‘He was in full arrest.’
Gibson declined to give the runner’s name pending notification of family members. He said there were 111 medical incidents during the marathon, with 30 runners transported to hospitals.
--Ben Bolch