Fabrice Muamba
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Just seen something saying they got him breathing again, let's hope so.
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Good luck to the lad, I hope he makes a recovery. It's horrible to see these things happen on a pitch, still remember Marc Vovien-Foe's death... same condition too.
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This is known as sudden cardiac death syndrome, and it's basically a severe heart attack due to an undiagnosed heart problem. Mark vivien Foe, the Manchester city player, died of this during the Africa cup of nation a few years ago, as mentioned above.
Modern academies have screening for this to try and pick up the problem early, ever since Terry Yoruths son (Gabby Yoruth, the sky sports presenters, sister) died at the lilleshall football academy around 15 years ago.
I have one patient who survived this. He now has a pacemaker fitted. And he survived because my student I was teaching at the time was playing for the same team. He did CPR while the ambulance arrived and kept him alive. Legend. (The student is now physio for Burnley BTW)
Considering the quickness of treatment and the reports of him being stable, I now expect him to pull through. I also expect him to have a special pacemaker called an implantable defib (or ICD) fitted that will monitor his heart and give him a "jolt" if it fires abnormally. He almost certainly will never play again.
My thoughts are with him and his family. It's gonna be a tough few months.
Modern academies have screening for this to try and pick up the problem early, ever since Terry Yoruths son (Gabby Yoruth, the sky sports presenters, sister) died at the lilleshall football academy around 15 years ago.
I have one patient who survived this. He now has a pacemaker fitted. And he survived because my student I was teaching at the time was playing for the same team. He did CPR while the ambulance arrived and kept him alive. Legend. (The student is now physio for Burnley BTW)
Considering the quickness of treatment and the reports of him being stable, I now expect him to pull through. I also expect him to have a special pacemaker called an implantable defib (or ICD) fitted that will monitor his heart and give him a "jolt" if it fires abnormally. He almost certainly will never play again.
My thoughts are with him and his family. It's gonna be a tough few months.
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Thanks cruciate, excellent input.
Let's hope he makes a good recovery and can continue to enjoy life.
Let's hope he makes a good recovery and can continue to enjoy life.