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Bolton player Fabrice Muamba is described as critically ill after collpasing on the pitch during an FA cup 1/4 final against Spurs. Now all talk of mega bucks salaries seems pointless here's young chap of 23 who has probably played his last game of footy. He's a former England U21 player who started his career at Arsenal. On pitch para medics and de-fib machines followed by hospital does not paint a good picture.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17417973
 
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Still not out of the woods but his condition is now described as stable. Looks like the paramedics did a spot on job!
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17417973

Still critical...

"Bolton Wanderers can confirm that Fabrice Muamba has been admitted to The Heart Attack Centre at The London Chest Hospital where he is in a critically ill condition in intensive care," said a joint statement from Bolton and the hospital released at 2130 GMT on Saturday.
"No further information will be issued at this stage. The club and hospital request that the media and public respect the family's privacy at this time."

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Just shows the importance of early intervention. The outlook doesn't seem fantastic for the lad but the early help he's received has given him a fighting chance.

If this happens at your workplace, at home or out at play, would you be able to help? There's no time like the present to have a look at your own skills in life saving first aid.

I hope the lad pulls through. Good luck fella.
 
Remember it happening to a young lad at Cranwell playing 5 a side.
He fell over and when the lads got to him they did CPR but the doctor reckoned he was dead before he hit the floor.
Post mortem revealed a massive heart atack
Only 19 very sad.
 
firestorm said:
Just shows the importance of early intervention. The outlook doesn't seem fantastic for the lad but the early help he's received has given him a fighting chance.

If this happens at your workplace, at home or out at play, would you be able to help? There's no time like the present to have a look at your own skills in life saving first aid.

I hope the lad pulls through. Good luck fella.
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We still do CCS firestorm so I'd like to think the majority of the site members would know what to do.
 
The recent ad campaign with Vinnie Jones has also brought an awareness of CPR to a lot of people who had never been targetted before - Joe Public!

If one life is saved as a result then the campaign was a success.
 
Was watching the match when at the corner of the screen Muamba went down. Took a minute or so to stop the game as the seriousness of the situation dawned on everyone. Cameras respectfully cut to wide shots of a shocked and stunned crowd who it has to be said behaved impeccably throughout. Thank goodness for the first class medical facilities now present at such events nowadays.
Hes still critical this morning, thoughts are with him and his family. If he makes it then hes probably kicked his last ball as a professional player. Good luck Fabrice.
 
Okay, okay. I know it was only a day ago, and it was in front of 50,000 people and he nearly pegged it, but is anyone else getting the slightest inkling that the entire global footballing and media community has gone a bit "Lady Di is dead" on this story?

I mean, there are piles of flowers outside of Bolton football club, and the poor bugger is still breathing.

It rather smacks of the old "lets immerse oursleves in a warm comfortable bath of grief", does it not?
 
Stevienics said:
Okay, okay. I know it was only a day ago, and it was in front of 50,000 people and he nearly pegged it, but is anyone else getting the slightest inkling that the entire global footballing and media community has gone a bit "Lady Di is dead" on this story?

I mean, there are piles of flowers outside of Bolton football club, and the poor bugger is still breathing.

It rather smacks of the old "lets immerse oursleves in a warm comfortable bath of grief", does it not?
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It's probably a not right for this thread mate but I agree with you, it's a sickness in modern Britain whereby we have to have outpourings of faux sympathy/grief for people you've never met.

The fact the guys still alive (and getting beter if you believe the press) and this is happening is a worrying new trend IMHO.

Hope he pulls through, but I'm not off down the stadium calling in at Interflora on the way just yet...
 
MontyPlumbs said:
It's probably a not right for this thread mate but I agree with you, it's a sickness in modern Britain whereby we have to have outpourings of faux sympathy/grief for people you've never met.
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Watching the game as it happened, seeing the guy collapse at the corner of the screen and watching as the seriousness of the situation became apparent, I don't believe the sympathy I feel for the lad is in any way 'faux'. I'm genuinely sad for a young person who should be fit as a fiddle enjoying a career doing something he loves, suddenly fighting for his life in hospital. If theres something wrong with me for feeling that way, well too bad.

That said, it certainly would not occur to me to go and visit Bolton's football ground and stick tributes and flowers outside, especially when he's still alive. That does smack of a 'got to do something' kind of reaction.
 
propersplitbrainme said:
Watching the game as it happened, seeing the guy collapse at the corner of the screen and watching as the seriousness of the situation became apparent, I don't believe the sympathy I feel for the lad is in any way 'faux'. I'm genuinely sad for a young person who should be fit as a fiddle enjoying a career doing something he loves, suddenly fighting for his life in hospital. If theres something wrong with me for feeling that way, well too bad.

That said, it certainly would not occur to me to go and visit Bolton's football ground and stick tributes and flowers outside, especially when he's still alive. That does smack of a 'got to do something' kind of reaction.
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Thats what I meant mate, feeling an amount of sympathy for someone who collapses is human and normal, going to Boltons ground wailing and with a huge bunch of flowers and a teddy with some sickening message to show your 'grief' or 'sympathy' isn't normal, not one bit.
 
MontyPlumbs said:
Thats what I meant mate, feeling an amount of sympathy for someone who collapses is human and normal, going to Boltons ground wailing and with a huge bunch of flowers and a teddy with some sickening message to show your 'grief' or 'sympathy' isn't normal, not one bit.
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Does them leaving tributes affect you personally in anyway? Does it block your drive or something? I'll admit I don't understand it and I hope that the lad recovers, but as it doesn't affect me or my life in anyway, I couldn't careless what other people do.
 
Joe_90 said:
We still do CCS firestorm so I'd like to think the majority of the site members would know what to do.
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From my memory of CCS (gdt) it wasn't that good but better than nothing. Does the current training include the use of defibrillators and oxygen therapy?
 
Dave-exfairy said:
Does them leaving tributes affect you personally in anyway? Does it block your drive or something? I'll admit I don't understand it and I hope that the lad recovers, but as it doesn't affect me or my life in anyway, I couldn't careless what other people do.
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I'll remind you of that next time you express an opinion about something that doesn't affect you.

Just because I haven't got it outside my door, doesn't stop me from expressing an opinion about it.
 
Ah well now he seems to be on the mend I'll put this chant on the burner (I'm glad he is)

"Bolton going down with Muamba in a box" to the tune of yellow submarine, recycled from the East mids Derby, "Forest going down with their chairman in a box"
 
Dave-exfairy said:
Does them leaving tributes affect you personally in anyway? Does it block your drive or something? I'll admit I don't understand it and I hope that the lad recovers, but as it doesn't affect me or my life in anyway, I couldn't careless what other people do.
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No it doesn't affect us personally, but like many such things it makes an interesting social commentary. In this case it smacks of a distortion of our a sense of 'appropriatness' for the occaision or circumstances or a loss of our perception of scale and proportion; its almost grief grandstanding. And of course its not possible to criticise because in the minds of the individuals it is they who are showing the proper respect and anyone who questions them is being disrespectful.
 
I'm sorry the guy's not well and couldn't care less who lays flowers or where they lay them but ........... why the fekk is it such a media obsession? and why the fekk do they need a news team right outside the hospital FFS?
 
What do the Club do now he's on the sick list? Claim on thier Insurance and get another player ?.
And what chance has he of ever playing pro football again ?

Hope he survives, though.
 
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