Sudden cardiac arrest on the football field of play - highlights for sports medicine from the European Resuscitation Council 2015 Consensus Guidelines

dc.contributor.authorKramer, Efraim B.
dc.contributor.authorSerratosa, L.
dc.contributor.authorDrezner, Jonathan A.
dc.contributor.authorDvorak, Jiri
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-14T10:20:23Z
dc.date.available2016-03-14T10:20:23Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractThe European Resuscitation Council (ERC) 2015 Guidelines for Resuscitation were published recently. For the first time, these guidelines included a subsection on ‘cardiac arrest during sports activities’ in the section dealing with cardiac arrest in special circumstances, endorsing both the importance and unique nature of this form of cardiac arrest. This paper reviews four critical areas in the management of sudden cardiac arrest in a football player: recognition, response, resuscitation and removal from the field of play. Expeditious response with initiation of immediate resuscitation at the side of a collapsed player remains crucial for survival, and chest compressions should be continued until the automated external defibrillator (AED) has been fully activated, so that the sideline medical team response to the side of a non-contact collapsed player on the field of play, with AED and defibrillation, occurs within a maximum of2 min from collapse.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://bjsm.bmj.comen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKramer, E.B., Serratosa, L., Drezner, J. & Dvorak, J. Sudden cardiac arrest on the football field of play-highlights for sports medicine from the European Resuscitation Council 2015 Consensus Guidelines. British Journal of Sports Medicine (2016) 50(2): 81-83, doi:10.1136/bjsports-2015-095706.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0306-3674 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1473-0480 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1136/bjsports-2015-095706
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/51813
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.en_ZA
dc.subjectEuropean Resuscitation Council (ERC)en_ZA
dc.subjectGuidelines for Resuscitationen_ZA
dc.subjectSpecial circumstancesen_ZA
dc.subjectCardiac arresten_ZA
dc.subjectAutomated external defibrillator (AED)en_ZA
dc.titleSudden cardiac arrest on the football field of play - highlights for sports medicine from the European Resuscitation Council 2015 Consensus Guidelinesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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