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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there any chance he is brain dead? Is it expected that vital signs are normal but a patient is still in critical condition?[/quote]

Yes, I believe not having an update on his condition is because they are assessing his brain damage.  They performed CPR for 10 minutes.  That's a lot of time for the brain to not have oxygen or to have low oxygen.  And he had the best medical response you could ever imagine when something like this happens.[/quote]

Hopefully, they defibrillated him within a few minutes since apparently the nfl has a protocol for medical emergencies. The outcomes are much better for a young healthy person who is given cpr right away and then shocked back to a life sustaining rhythm. It’s true that cpr has poor outcomes, I think it’s like less than 10%, but with quick cardioversion, survival is much higher. It also depends on which heart rhythm he had -  maybe he was in ventricular tachycardia, which is bad, but not as bad as ventricular fibrillation, which is basically quivering heart muscle. Many things are possible.

I don’t think they are assessing his brain function aside from basic neuro checks since he is sedated. They will first try to find out what happened. There are always other things that could have happened - arrhythmia due to a structural defect, problems with arteries that supply blood to the head or even the aorta, so they will have to be systematic and look at everything. Once he stable from a cardiopulmonary status, they will lighten his sedation and prepare to wake him up and give him a full assessment. I’m really hoping for the best. The fact that they said he had normal vitals is very good. I read it as he has normal vitals on minimal medication, but they didn’t say exactly.

Christian Erickson had something similar, though they never figured out what happened. He hadn’t been struck by a ball or anyone, I believe. He now has a icd, which is like a mini aed that will shock him if it happens again. And Sergio aguero had to retire due to an arrhythmia. [/quote]

Thank you for this info, it is helpful for those of us trying to make sense of this.

I really hope the speed with which he received medical care results in a good outcome here. As terrible as this whole thing is, the fact that there was medical staff and equipment right there to treat him with the AED and CPR within moment of the cardiac event will hopefully help. 24 is so young and he has so much life left to live, I am really pulling for him and his whole family. It was so shocking to see last night and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since it happened.[/quote]

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