Fabrice Mwamba had a cardiac arrest in a game with Tottenham and survived it.
But 10 minutes of reported CPR does not sound good.
Clint Dempsey is fairly lucky this didn’t happen to him. His exact diagnosis has never been publicly stated, but it was just announced generally as “arrhythmia.” Endurance athletes are now known to be more susceptible than previously believed.
Godspeed to Erickson and prayers for his family.
Clint Dempsey is fairly lucky this didn’t happen to him. His exact diagnosis has never been publicly stated, but it was just announced generally as “arrhythmia.” Endurance athletes are now known to be more susceptible than previously believed.
Godspeed to Erickson and prayers for his family.
Reggie Lewis, a famous basketball player cor Boston Celtics back in early ‘90s died of a sudden cardiac arrest when he was shooting hoops in a gym. These things happen. Rare. But they happen.
I think the general public would be surprised to learn that more than half of the people who have CPR outside a clinical setting, don’t make it.
OTOH, witnessed cardiac arrest caused by something other than a heart attack (most cases of spontaneous cardiac arrest like this are NOT heart attacks), where CPR is immediately available, has a much better chance of positive outcome than arrest from heart attack.
I remember Marc-Vivien Foé dropping dead on the pitch during the Confederation Cup. It’s something I hope I never have to see again.