{"id":5269,"date":"2013-09-11T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2013-09-12T04:43:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T03:43:41","slug":"live-saved-in-semi-final-match-of-saff-championship-2013-by-fifa-supplied-aed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2013\/09\/11\/live-saved-in-semi-final-match-of-saff-championship-2013-by-fifa-supplied-aed\/","title":{"rendered":"Life saved in semi final of SAFF Championship 2013 by FIFA-supplied AED (FMEB – FIFA Medical Emergency Bag)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preventing sudden cardiac death was a critical forum topic at\u00a0the 2012\u00a0FIFA Medical Conference<\/a>\u00a0in Budapest.\u00a0 Advocates argued that pitch-side\u00a0automated external defibrillators\u00a0(AED) be required at FIFA\u00a0competitions all over the world. In the last 5 years, only 24 of 84 football players who suffered cardiac arrest survived. Tragically, there was no AED available at the stadium in 80% of cases.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So what happened next – what ACTION was taken?<\/p>\n

We are delighted to share this good news story, this GREAT news story forwarded via email to us by\u00a0Ji\u0159\u00ed Dvo\u0159\u00e1k (FIFA Chief Medical Officer,\u00a0Chairman F-MARC, BJSM co-author of:\u00a0Consensus statement: The FIFA medical emergency bag and FIFA 11 steps to prevent sudden cardiac death: setting a global standard and promoting consistent football field emergency care<\/a>) \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Dr. Jiri,<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wanted to inform you that in Kathmandu, Nepal during a semi final match of SAFF Championship 2013 between Nepal and Afghanistan on 8th September 2013 one player of the Afghanistan team, had a minor cardiac arrest. His life was saved due to timely intervention of competition doctor Dr. Binmra Bista. He used the FIFA-supplied AED to successfully revive the player and then quickly shifted to hospital within the span of 3-4 minutes. In hospital all tests were carried out and the tests reports were normal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I spoke to Dr. Bista after the end of the match, he used the AED for the first time and he also thanked FIFA for supplying AEDs. It was a great experience for this doctor and he was very quick sense the real problem and thus he ended up using\u00a0 the AED.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I think tomorrow you might be able to read some news stories on this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks and best regards,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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shaji<\/p>\n

Shaji Prabhakaran,\u00a0Regional Development Officer at FIFA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Remember that BJSM has published theme issues on Sports Cardiology including screening and prevention of sudden cardiac death (November 2012<\/a> and February 2013<\/a>). The AMSSM and FIFA collaborated on an ECG interpretation module hosted by BMJ Learning<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Preventing sudden cardiac death was a critical forum topic at\u00a0the 2012\u00a0FIFA Medical Conference\u00a0in Budapest.\u00a0 Advocates argued that pitch-side\u00a0automated external defibrillators\u00a0(AED) be required at FIFA\u00a0competitions all over the world. In the last 5 years, only 24 of 84 football players who suffered cardiac arrest survived. Tragically, there was no AED available at the stadium in 80% […]<\/p>\n

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