Highly trained medical personnel are vital to treat everything from minor injuries to those that could be potentially life-threatening.
PUBLISHED 6:50 PM EST Jan. 03, 2023Football teams have advanced medical equipment and highly trained medical personnel on standby to treat everything from minor injuries to those that could be potentially life-threatening.
“Statistics show for every minute without defibrillation, your chance of survival goes down 10%," said veteran paramedic Ahmed Mustafa. Mustafa, the president of North East Quadrant Advanced Life Support, is a Bills fan and was watching the game when “He had an ambulance on the field in minutes,” Mustafa said. “He had athletic trainers. He had doctors and surgeons. And he had a paramedic ambulance, I think. And so within minutes, he had the best chances of survival. He basically had an emergency room and an operating room converge upon him at the time of the event.
In the case of a football player, assessing the damage could take longer because of the helmet, pads and gear. “This person is wearing pads and a helmet which makes getting access to the patient a little bit more complicated,” he said. “And though he may have suffered cardiac arrest, we don't know why. [It] could have been a neck or head injury. So you've got to take the precautions as you're removing the helmet, which takes minutes to secure the head underneath and safely remove the helmet so you don't cause any potential neck injury or exacerbate a head injury.
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