e.r., you re the one who is going to take care of us, check vitals and deal with the incidents we ll be dealing with in the summer. if your kid sprains? ip see a lot of strains and sprains but this is something that can a lot times be treated at home. as a parent you should look at the injury. if there is a deformty that can be a sign of a bone fracture, if the pain is exquisite that is a fracture. remember the acronym rice, r-i-c-e. rest the injured area. compress it, elevate it above the heart. it should get better over a few hours to a couple of days. if it does not get better follow up. this is something you can treat at home. what about if you fall off a bike, the kid hits their head? how do you know you can deal with that at home?
alone, there will be one run every other day in 15 countries around the globe. the phenomena s become more than a race, it s a lifestyle which he sums up in his new book in overcoming obstacles and achieving peak performance in life. it s number two on the new york times best seller list. great to have you here. your whole thing is, just get your butt off the couch. is that the spartan the way of life? just take the first step. even if you can only walk around the house, walk a mile. it doesn t require much. if you re not moving, doing something, you re not going to go anywhere. joe, the first paragraph of your book has a disclaimer saying the risk of injury or death from activity involved in the spartan race and event is significant, including but not limited to drowning, near drowning, sprains, strains, fractures, heat, cold, injuries, animal bites, stings, poisonous
the crowd is getting more and more excited as this is happening. and suddenly absolute chaos. it literally was chaos. reporter: of course the big concern by everybody last night was how many people were actually underneath the deck, underneath the water, fortunately nobody died in this tragedy, and they are all happy that the heat won. bill: you have to figure out that deck wasn t strong enough to hold all the folks especially jumping up and down. no one is missing, is that right phil. reporter: everyone is accounted for. the coast guard was out here last night. it was dark, 9:ha, 10:00 at night. the rains came at 10:45. it was confusing and scary for the people here. the injuries relatively minor, cuts and scrapes and bruises and sprains, at least one fracture. two dozen people taken to the hospital, only two reported as serious. one of the big factors leading this not to be a tragedy is the deck was five feet above the
them out from the debris because they were underneath tables and chairs and potted plants. other customers heroically jumped in to help. first we heard like a crack, and then it was within seconds that the whole deck had collapsed into the water. reporter: two dozen people were taken to hospitals, two remain in serious condition. no one died, thankfully, and no one is missing. the injuries involved cuts, sprains and at least one fracture. the deck collapsed as everyone was cheering and jumped off for a big heat score. as you can see in the picture, suddenly a celebration turned very, very serious last night. it was dark, and then the rains came. this morning inspectors on boat and on land taking photos and assessing the scene. investigators focus on the size of the crowd that was on the deck and the deck itself made of wood and many years old. news of the near tragedy even reached heat guard dwayne wade in san antonio.
sank into the bay. [shouting] the celebratory party watching the heat take the lead in the second quarter suddenly became a terrifying scene. a survivor really believed last night she would drown. i was feeling like, okay, this is it. we die. today is the end. i tried to get out of the water and i got this table on top of me and a chair around my leg, and i said, help us. most of the injuries a lot like hers, sprains, fractures, and lacerations. inspectors have been on the scene all day. they re putting the deck under serious structural analysis. the police chief says it was, as far as he knows, fully capable of holding well over 100 people.