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Re: [RC] [AERC-Members] disqualification by ride vet - DESERTRYDR1A person who is having heat exhaustion problems at a ride may not have the ability to decide if they are fit to continue, because the heat affects all body system, including the brain. Also, if you once have a heat stroke, you are more prone to suffer heat problems after that. If you didn't have heat stroke, you're lucky they held you, because you probably would have if you had gone back out. Sometimes that kind of insult to the body systems can be cumulative when we are talking about an hour or two of recovery. In other words, if you went back out, you would have continued having problems because your body was already overstressed by the heat. Even if you felt better, your body had not fully recovered from the effects of excess heat. That can take days or more. jeri =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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