Heat-Related Deaths in American Football: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Schultz, Jaime; Kenney, W. Larry; Linden, Andrew D.

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“…In addition, at least five other teammates of Gilpin's struggled to continue during the same conditioning session that caused Gilpin to succumb to EHS (Commonwealth of Kentucky v David Jason Stinson, 2009). Nor has Gilpin been the only football player to die from heat-related causes over the decades (Schultz et al, 2014). The discussion points above demonstrate that, rather than by random chance, Gilpin succumbed to EHS from a mix of factors that were not adequately addressed or recognized.…”

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“…Most recently in 2018, nineteen-year old Jordan McNair died from EHS during a spring practice at the University of Maryland. This indicates social and cultural forces are shaping the ways scientific-knowledge is emphasized or de-emphasized, interpreted, and applied by coaches, administrators, and health care providers (Schultz, Kenny, & Linden, 2014). Neither American football culture nor expectations of masculinity are monolithic and static (Connell, 1995), but dominant assumptions about American football and gender present at Pleasure Ridge Park represent key aspects in need of revision.…”

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“…During Stinson's eventual trial for reckless homicide, assistant coaches and other observers testified the day's practice included nothing out of the ordinary. They saw using gassers as a punishment and threatening physical harm as a normal, regular and thus appropriate thing to do (Schultz et al, 2014). Most of the Louisville town supported their coach, even helping raise funds for his legal defense when he was charged with reckless homicide and wanton endangerment.…”

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Exertional Heat Stroke of Max Gilpin; A Preventable Death

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Exertional heat stroke (EHS) is a medical emergency whose likelihood in sport settings is often contingent on environmental factors, team policies, coaching strategies, and broader cultural expectations. Moreover, when it occurs, it requires immediate recognition, proper management, and care to optimize chances of survival or recovery without long-term sequelae. Max Gilpin, a secondary school American football player from Louisville, Kentucky, suffered an EHS during a football practice in August 2008, an event that resulted in his death. The purpose of this article is to use interdisciplinary methods to identify key factors that contributed to this tragedy so that similar situations do not happen again. It concludes that within a culture of inclusive gender norms and care, efforts should be made to have appropriate onsite medical expertise available to develop and implement best practices for the prevention, management, and treatment of EHS, along with coaching education specific to medical emergencies in sport and physical activity (such as EHS). This will create an environment that promotes health and safety for all student athletes participating in sport at the secondary school level.

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Exertional Heat Stroke of Max Gilpin; A Preventable Death

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“…Sport and exercise psychologist Diane Gill (2007) argues that "interdisciplinary kinesiology that integrates sub-disciplinary knowledge is essential" (p. 275). While still too few and far between, a number of scholars have brought a historical lens to some of our most pressing kinesiological problems, including obesity (Schultz, 2017b), the epidemiology of youth sport injuries (Bachynski, 2019), and football's alarming rates of concussion (Harrison, 2014) and heatrelated deaths (Schultz et al, 2014), to name a few. Historical insights will undoubtedly prove invaluable as interdisciplinary research teams tackle COVID-related issues of health and human movement.…”

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The History of Physical Activity in the Past, Present, and Future of Kinesiology’s Big Questions, Hot Topics, and Prospects for Integration

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2021

Kinesiology Review

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Since the 1981 publication of Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education, the history of physical activity has secured a prominent place in the field of kinesiology. Yet, despite encouraging signs of growth, the subdiscipline still remains an undervalued player in the “team scholarship” approach. Without the integration of historical sensibilities in kinesiology’s biggest questions, our understanding of human movement remains incomplete. Historians of physical activity share many “big questions” and “hot topics” with researchers in other domains of kinesiology. Intriguing possibilities for integrating research endeavors between historians and scholars from other domains beckon, particularly as scientists share the historical fascination with exploring the processes of change over time.

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“…High intense sports activities like American Football, Soccer, Cycling, Running, and long duration workouts can cause hyperthermia or EHS to the athletes especially in hot environments [1]. It can cause the athletes to collapse and decrease their ability to concentrate on the game [1,4].…”

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Heat-Related Deaths in American Football: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Cited by 9 publications

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Exertional Heat Stroke of Max Gilpin; A Preventable Death

Exertional Heat Stroke of Max Gilpin; A Preventable Death

The History of Physical Activity in the Past, Present, and Future of Kinesiology’s Big Questions, Hot Topics, and Prospects for Integration

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