'Also, a medical examination after the contest is pointless without having conducted a medical exam of all contestants prior to starting the contest period.'
Absolutely incorrect. Millios of medical diagnoses are made each day based upon symptoms exhibited by the patient with the doctor having no knowledge of their previous medical history.
Any medic could have caught this and known that this woman was in grave danger. It was incumbent upon the station when having any contest that involves risk of injury to have at the very least 1 EMT or medic.
Someone could have walked in and an exam would show they're already compromised, they could be on meds that compromise them. That's hypothetical since the contest amounts to a race to death anyway and should never have been held.
On this point, we'll have to agree to disagree. You can choose to believe what you wish, the facts don't support you. Many pre-existing conditions are discovered AFTER a medical event . . . or death! Doctors who treat symptoms and not diseases or medical conditions, may be doing more harm than good. Most doctors that I have ever seen - including the so-called "Doc-in-the-Box" - want some level of medical history before providing treatment. Good doctors want fact to support their diagnoses (such as physical exams, X-rays/MRIs, and/or lab work) before providing treatment in order to avoid killing you or making your condition worse.
For a simple understanding of the role that competent and complete medical examinations can provide, you have only to look at some recent cases involving thrill rides at Disney World. Several people, spanning a large age range, have died after ridng one particular attraction at the Magic Kingdom. Autopsies and civil suits against Disney later, have shown conclusively that each of the people who died on this attraction had an undiagnosed, pre-existing condition that, had they known, would have prevented them from riding the attraction.
You see, Bogey, knowledge is power!