Incredible. It sounds like medical staff got hands on him on the field in 10 seconds starting the process of saving his life. Hopefully this will be the national story which is the impetus for legally mandating defibrillators in all our schools, gyms/fitness centers, and playing fields across the country.
As someone who has been in hospitals going on 8 years now, and a former lifeguard, when I saw the way he got up and then went limp, I knew it was cardiac-related. Not knowing what the immediate responders saw upon their first look at him, they may have immediately known as well. I was watching super closely and never saw any clear movements that indicate that they were doing CPR, especially initially. I think they initially had a pulse and were monitoring it. I remember hearing that they were getting ready to get him into the ambulance when he coded and that’s when they started CPR. That is a massive difference, as he was already on the ground 15 or so minutes before the ambulance got there. Getting to the ambulance and the medications they have was the true first critical step, after accessing defibrillation; and it seemed like they weren’t doing real resuscitation on the field for some extended period prior to the ambulance arriving.
You think so? I’d imagine there’s some type of damage no?
