Cardiac Arrest in Premier League

[matthewb0051]

Watching TV pundits today saying how rare Hamlin's collapse in last night's MNF game was got me thinking. Not making light of the incident at all, just wanted to pass along these other two incidents.

In 2021 during an opening round of Euro 2020 (played in 21 due to "covid"), Christian Eriksen of Denmark arrested on the pitch. At the time he played for Inter Milan, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur. Everyone thought his career was over. One pacemaker later and he is back in the PL playing for Manchester United.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/denmark-den/story/4407267/denmarks-christian-eriksen-gone-before-cardiac-resuscitation-team-doctor

In 2012 another PL player, Fabrice Muamba, collapsed on the pitch also with cardiac arrest. I saw a TV piece a couple of years ago where they spoke with the Dr that was present at the game as a fan and went on the pitch to save Muamba's life. IIRC, that was the end of Muamba's career.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/25/muamba-collapse-minute-by-minute

https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/bolton-wanderers-player-fabrice-muamba-suffered-a-cardiac-arrest-says-london-chest-hospital/news-story/c5f9679fbfb62cbaae671a03d20359e0

[Arizona_928]

There's a list in my thread on parf.


It's very common in athletes. I've seen one dude collapse and then die during pt. Same for old guys shoveling snow.

[hbueno]

Beware of the human tendency to see patterns where there are none.