[NDR] Fabrice Muamba needs your prayers

wow-saying one now.

 

was this game televised over here? How did you find out about so quick?

 

Unofficial report that the ambulance crew got him breathing again on the way to the hospital.

Fingers crossed. By all accounts he is a great kid (well loved during his time in the Arsenal Academy). He also has a young son.

 

Saw on twitter that Sky Sports is reporting he is in stable condition at the hospital.

http://www.skysports.com/

 

stable but in the ICU. Not good. Keep him in your prayers.

 

I just hope he gets better soon. It must've been horrific for the spectators at White Hart Lane and for the people watching it on TV to see something like this happen.

 

It was eery hearing the supporters chant his name for a couple of minutes in a sing-song voice while he was dying on the field.

 

I'm glad I didn't see the game. I don't want to witness that

 

I had read all about it on twitter then remembered I had recorded it. I was afraid to watch it but I did, it's amazing to see the reaction of the players, the announcers and the fans. Everybody acted just the way you hope they would. The chanting was a little strange, but I'm sure they were at a loss as to what to do. It's very sad.

 

As almost everybody on here has, I've been to over a hundred soccer matches, but the day I see that in person is going to be the day I take a break for a while. I really think I'll just sit there in a daze, as you put it, and then probably breakdown on my way home.

 

This could happen to anyone, at anytime. We should all know what to do. Take a CPR class if you are inclined but at the very least go here:

http://handsonlycpr.org/

and learn the simple steps for Hands Only CPR.

Here's a video link to the British version:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxjxfB4zNk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILxjxfB4zNk[/ame]

It's funny and uses The Bee Gees' Staying Alive for timing.

Tell everyone you know about this - it might save your life someday!

 

That's very helpful

 

I guess none of you young bucks was watching tv when Hank Gathers collapsed on the court and died.
It was an image seared in to my MIND.

 

it was a West Coast game so it was past my bedtime.

 

I didn't see it happen, but I vaguely remeber Bo Kimble sinking left handed free throws in honor of his fallen friend.

 

Scary, but nice to hear he's recovering.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/socce...-dead-78-minutes-thierry-henry-005906845.html

"They were working on him without his heart having a muscular beat," Tobin said. "In effect, he was dead in that time …

Two hours after (regaining consciousness) I whispered in his ear, 'What's your name?' and [Dr. Deaner] said, 'Fabrice Muamba.' I said, 'I hear you're a really good footballer' and he said, 'I try.' I had a tear in my eye."

 

http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Indian-player-dies-after-collapsing-on-field-3425903.php

 

I think all Division 1 professional football players in all countries should be required to have an extensive physical including an EKG.

Look at all the deaths as a result of an enlarged heart or some kind of heart malfunction. Miklos Feher, Marc Vivien-Foe, Antonio Puerta, those are some of the bigger names but it has happened much more in lower leagues.

What is peculiar about Muamba's case is usually within the next day you hear the doctors say "Oh well he had an undiagnosed heart condition." This one seems like a random cardiac arrest... scary...

 

the thing that pisses me off is all of the comments on CNN's website-everyone speculating that he was on amphetamines. Damn it-didn't we learn anything from Duke Lacrosse?

 

If the majority of high school football games can have a ambulance there, why the hell don't they at professional games?