Ambulance / Medical Informations

Pre-race:
Friday, 9 September 2011
The race doctor can be reached via the Help Desk at the Marathon Expo.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
A doctor will be available for consultation from 08.00 to 09.00 hrs at in the Marathon Expo (see signs).

During race:
Doctors will be on duty on every section of the course during the race. Contact the nearest first-aid post for minor health problems or medical problems requiring a doctor's advice. Five first-aid posts will be spaced at approx. 5-km intervals on the first relatively level section to Lauterbrunnen. On the mountain section, medical care points (first aid, massage, physiotherapy) will be spaced at 2-km intervals. A monitoring service will be in operation at the finish.

Emergencies
In an emergency, always first call the event Internal Emergency Tel. No. 033 828 76 65. If there is no connection, call the Emergency Centre, Tel. No. 144. Many volunteers equipped with walkie-talkies are on duty along the course and can also raise the alarm in an emergency. To allow better location in an emergency, safety markers giving exact location details and coordinates will be positioned at 250 m intervals between the 26 to 39 km flags and every 500 m from 39 km to the finish. The organizing committee asks all runners and spectators to note these location aids in the event of an emergency.

Doctors on duty along the sections are authorized to retire a competitor from the race on medical grounds. The organizing committee refuses any liability whatsoever should a competitor continue the race either against a doctor's orders or run behind the official sweeper's car. Such behaviour puts the competitor outside the scope of the event and thus also outside the area for which the organizing committee bears responsibility and is therefore liable, i.e. the proper holding of the event and the customary care of athletes.

The race doctor stresses that participating in the Jungfrau Marathon with a health disorder can be dangerous. We ask runners who have recently suffered an acute illness (infection, heart, circulatory or lung disorders or operations) to abandon any thought of entering the race. During race training you should also look out for any warning signs of heart and circulatory problems, such as chest pains, breathing difficulties and reduced ability. Contact your own doctor without delay should any of these problems occur.