Soccer Player's Heart Stops And Is Resuscitated On Live TV?!

This was scary. We are very glad to hear that Christian Eriksen is stable after all this.
This is a clip from The Pat McAfee Show live from Noon-3PM EST Mon-Fri.
Become a member! / @thepatmcafeeshow
SUBSCRIBE: / @thepatmcafeeshow
MERCH: store.patmcafeeshow.com
#PatMcAfee #ChristianEriksen #Soccer #Futbol

[@bobbobson9952]

Was watching live. His blank stare as he layed there is absolutely haunting.

[@AB-fv4ms]

Yet you probably watch UFC or Boxing

[@5q88]

@@AB-fv4ms Completely different. Erickson collapsed and was turning blue. You knew that it was something extremely serious. MMA fighters aren’t getting CPR on live television.

[@Cokejomix]

@@AB-fv4ms bro, his heart stopped... if you have this in your everyday life, youre dead... After a few minutes your brain is mushed

[@gethinthomas5135]

@@AB-fv4ms bro its so different, fighters choose to put themselves in that position to die. Ericsson had a a random cardiac arrest that he had no control over. Way different

[@AB-fv4ms]

@@Cokejomix Yea. I know but these people watch other people get beat until they are leaking blood and they see people get choked to near death and are haunted about this. They have medical staff that practice this every day. Shouldn't be "Haunted" if they watch gruesome sports like UFC and Boxing

[@oscarbay9482]

Hey Pat, dane here. The real hero of this horrible situation is the Danish national team’s captain Simon Kjær who was the first one there performing CPR in the first critical seconds, the same man who found Christians wife in the stands and calmed her, as well as made the Danish National team form a wall between Christian and the cameras. He is the real hero. Prayers for Eriksen.

[@mortenpedersen7151]

He was still breathing and on the side, when the doctor came. Simon Kjær moved away at that point. Cpr started a little later

[@kingforte9246]

@@mortenpedersen7151 bruh why?

[@colebyholtswarth5012]

@@kingforte9246 dudes has to take the spotlight and show everyone he’s more knowledgeable

[@jared3868]

​@@colebyholtswarth5012 I'm pretty sure it's about giving the spotlight to the medic who actually performed the lifesaving CPR.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

@@colebyholtswarth5012 or he was just stating what actually happened. Simon Kjær did not perform CPR

[@mortenpedersen7151]

The ones who performed cpr, and used the defibrillator, is the team doctor and the stadium doctor. They are actually brothers

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Small world...

[@gggnarly]

names or link??

[@marcusaurelius652]

No they are not

[@joehammond3690]

@@gggnarly it’s true. the athletic had a whole story about it

[@cogitoergosum6862]

@@gggnarly Its actually true.

[@MisterGravelrama]

Really appreciate Pat's candor here saying he just learned about this tournament and that it's a big deal. Keeping it real will always get respect & that includes admitting what you don't know. Unlike most of the tools at ESPN who act like they're experts on everything. It just makes them sound even more ignorant when they don't know what they're talking about but try to act like they do. One love Pat, keep doing your thing brother!

[@sieg942]

fr look at SAS talk about the Euros like he some expert

[@rikidoni24]

Finland fans threw their flags to help make a barrier so people wouldn't see and his teammates made a human shield. He is fine now, he is getting checked and he has talked to his teammates from the national team and from the club. He said he hopes to be back training. For somebody who doesn't know football (soccer), this guy is a really valuable player and was top ten in his position and for a time even arguably top 5. I am an Inter fan and even if he didn't have the best of luck with us everybody loves him cause he is a really great guy, btw he scored the goal that gave us the Serie A championship and won his first major trophy in his carrer. Seeing him dropping like that had us in tears.

[@AB-fv4ms]

They should do that for UFC and Boxing

[@iamdxb6714]

You don’t know or watch football or your on smack hahaha.. Eriksen has never EVER been top 10 let alone top 5 cam in the world.. he was good at Spurs for a while and one of the better cams in the prem but fella he had a few good seasons 17/18 being his best with 10 goals 10 assists... but most of my boys are Spurs fans and they all wanted him gone. No shade towards eriksen just don’t like false information so all you Americans reading this.. he was one of the better player in our league but not one of the worlds best don’t get it twisted. Wishing you a speedy recovery though Christian 🙏🏼

[@iamdxb6714]

Definitely American you are fella

[@AB-fv4ms]

Yea top 10 is crazy talk

[@typicalnewyorker5993]

There’s something wrong with u. I’m srry ur mom and dad failed raising you with some manners

[@jaredricci9278]

It's an absolute scary thing I collapsed and was legally dead for 30 secs and brought back to life. Things just go black and I woke up not knowing what was going on. Medical people are amazing individuals and I'm thankful for every single one of them

[@jacobhubbard5933]

Glad you are here my friend 🙏

[@jaredricci9278]

@@jacobhubbard5933 ty so much it's absolutely scary to just be there and next second gone. But that's the past wish everybody a great healthy night

[@arcadeslum5882]

strange, no NDE?

[@d2r-leetloot551]

@@arcadeslum5882 pseudoscience... Just the brain's way of coping with death

[@arcadeslum5882]

@@d2r-leetloot551 LMAO ok pal. L:ook up NDE dmt study where they cant create nde in a lab setting chemically.

[@alexdeltoro6379]

I like how pat talks about other sports around the world, rather than first take where they talk about one or two sports

[@themonopolyguy8126]

Everything Pat does is better than First Take...it’s becoming disrespectful to compare the two

[@PoorlyMadeArt]

Pat is really honed in on 2-3 sports, and his semi-lack of awareness of other sports, especially the way he uses that to play into the situation, makes his program so much more enjoyable to watch than one that decides to not cover something they're not keyed into.

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

ESPN claims to be the world leader in sports even though they cover football (American) and basketball most of the time

[@richardrockhound6554]

Yeah and only one or two teams. I love how Pat spreads it around

[@elStrauno]

I teach CPR for a living, this is such a reminder for everyone everywhere to learn CPR and how to use an AED. It works, just have to not hesitate at all

[@prophetdev290]

Appreciate you

[@nicksims2827]

Yes! Even if you don’t know how to use an AED, they’re very simple and LITERALLY speak to you. If you see someone go down like Eriksen, call the emergency number in your country and they’ll tell you what to do and where the nearest AED is (if there is one). It’s no substitute for learning basic CPR though, I did a first aid course with a friend, he used it to save a man’s life 6 months later

[@Fundraiser039]

Question, is mouth to mouth needed when CPR is done? Excluding drowning of course.

[@ryanseward2760]

@@Fundraiser039 if you're not trained don't give breathes. There is a specific way to orient the neck and jaw, otherwise your air won't go in. There's an excess amount of oxygen in the blood to help the body survive until medics arrive. So in short, no don't give breathes. Straight arms, interlock your fingers between the nipples, compress with your body weight going about 1/3 of the person's chest.

[@BR_Skully]

Also need to say something about the Captain Kjaer who started the process and showed what it means to be a captain not only being the only one who faced Eriksen. And consoled his girlfriend/wife after he was confirmed to be alive.

[@lucasng4712]

Idiots online trashing him for that

[@mariachipotter6875]

He saved eriksen's life.

[@Claricio]

@@lucasng4712 what’s there to even trash on him for?

[@macmirez9508]

@@Claricio presumably being in an affair with Erickson’s wife before that event took place based on how her and him fondled each other during Erickson’s heart stopping.

[@kerricdarcy7953]

He also made sure he didn’t swallow his tongue he truly is a hero

[@johnsilva5335]

This happened once in Portugal to the team Benfica, Felher was his name..sadly he did not make it…RIP to him.

[@Kimera794]

R.I.P. Miklós Fehér

[@Jason_slb]

I remember that happening back in 03 I believe. so sad RIP Miklos feher

[@silvanafernandes8875]

And here in Brazil there was a player named Serginho who played for Sao Caetano and he died on the field in 2004, when he suffered a sudden illness as a result of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 14 minutes into the second half of the match. After he fell on the lawn, Grafite, an São Paulo player didn't notice and tripped over him. The match was declared suspended. He died in hospital an hour later (eight days after turning thirty). And his team suffered loss of points was due to the fact that the managers of his team let him play even though they knew of his heart problems. The doctor and the president of São Caetano, in addition to Serginho's family, stated that the assessments allowed the athlete to continue playing. After that, there was a change like: The care with the ambulances was the first of them, as some clubs did not pay attention to this with the imposition of the Football Statute two years earlier. Another point that became mandatory and was widely sought after was the defibrillator. In Serginho's case, the equipment was inside the ambulance and many believe that it took a long time to be used. From there, it is mandatory to have one on the edge of the lawn in case of emergency.

[@Kimera794]

@@silvanafernandes8875 I remember that story too, I had heard of it listening to a video on Grafite (who had turned out very well in his career).

[@johnsilva5335]

@@silvanafernandes8875 I heard about this may he RIP

[@shotsbyfalle8111]

As a Dane who watched it live I can tell that everyone in Denmark was holding their breath and I think we got lucky to keep him alive because of the good staff who reacted quickly. This still makes all the headlines in Denmark when a new update comes even days after. Never thought pat would be talking about my fellow Dane Christian Eriksen but the world is full of surprises!

[@jonlamontagne]

As part of the Hot team at the hospital it always an amazing feeling to bring our patient back. We have literally cheered like we won a championship.

[@aintplyn]

Big props to the responders. Not only the ones one the field but all in the world. We NEED you.. THANK YOU.

[@sukhbirdhillon9800]

one of the best players in recent tottenham history. glad he is ok

[@king_of_the_north357]

It is crazy that things like this dont happen more often in professional sports, it really proves how athletic pros are. What an amazing response from the medical staff to save his life.

[@arturfilipecastanha580]

Some years ago in portugal we saw a similar situation with a player called miki feher that had a tragic ending because due to the rain on that day the medics could not defrib him for fear of electrucuting him. RIP MIKI FEHER. Fortunatly the ericksen situation had a better ending

[@ClubPenguinBand1]

I was watching this game live with my old college soccer teammates and we just sat in silence watching and hoping it would turn out okay. I've never seen anything like that in sports. It was an incredibly sad scene.

[@jimkhana007]

It’s isn’t the first time it has happened in football, I have seen this twice now. Marc Vivian Foe, a Cameroon international player that had played in the Premier league collapsed and died on the field in an international match many years ago. Unfortunately due to the country it was played in the medical reaction and equipment was not sufficient to help him and he died on the pitch. The most haunting thing is, also because of the country this was in, the tv people zoomed right in on him and the images of him dead on the pitch and of his eyes still haunt me to this day. It then happened again in the English premier league with a player called Patrice Muamba who used to play for Bolton. He also collapsed and “died” on the pitch. But at the time there was a specialist doctor who was in the crowd as a supporter who recognised what had happened and ran down and came on the pitch and affectively saved his life, it has been said if this expert was not there he would have died as the ground and it’s medical staff where not prepared for in incident as serious as this. After that the premier league reformed its medical response to games and became mandatory to have defibrillators and other medical equipment for instances such as these. These changes, certainly in premier league and then knock on affect to world football are potential factors that Christian Erickson survived recently and are a credit to the governing bodies for making these changes.

[@riccardomallardo7779]

And don't forget Morosini in Serie A

[@TheWholeFNShow5]

As a medical professional for over 10+ years and who has done CPR to someone. In the moment you go back to your training. You practice these situations and you find out whose good at what and those people are tagged with these roles. It's muscle memory and when we're running to these calls I get the tunnel vision and it all slows down like when the game/sport you're playing finally slows down. All the other outside noises go away. You only hear your team talking through the whole process and your adrenaline is pumping like you're running down on kickoff. Pat and the boys SHOUT OUT! to you guys for shouting out the medical professionals. I'm happy that right now he's doing ok. So glad that the team doctors, trainers and other players who assisted in the CPR as well helped save his life. Thank you boys! Cannot wait to hear todays show! Cheers!

[@tonymilo4334]

Watched it live… and it was so haunting to watch… his eyes just being straight open while he hit the ground was absolutely terrifying.

[@willbryant4106]

This was on at the gym right in front of me as I was on the treadmill. I turned around and the entire gym had stopped and was watching in horror

[@justinmailloux3799]

It was on at top golf and everyone just stopped playing and watched.

[@diegopons4622]

Now his team (Denmark) are in the tournament's semifinals vs England. 👏

[@MrMJBall]

There was a player called Fabrice Muamba who had a similar thing happen to him in 2012. It's probably becaue of him that there are the numbers of medical professionals that there are at each of the gams now. Fabrice had a heart attack, his heart stopped for 78 minutes!! He's still alive today but never played again.

[@andrewhornby58]

Medical safety rules for all major leagues and tournaments around the world changed after the Muamba incident. The teams doctor and stadium medical staff have to be trained for emergency cardiac care and resucitation.

[@meneervanhove8242]

Surely the tradegy of the Abdelhak Nouri case has something to do with it as well

[@greysouljr8913]

his heart stopped for 78 min? damn god bless him

[@rudemedic]

Clubs in England were required to have a doctor at their ground since at least the 1980s. In about the 90s clubs were required to have 2 doctors at the ground, 1 for players and 1 for fans. In the 90s teams were required to have an ambulance on standby too. After Peter Cech had a subdural haemorrhage in the changing room in about 2007 Jose Mourinho campaigned for more medical support so incidents like this get even more medical support. Unfortunately incidents like this are more common than most realise, this was arguably the most high profile game an incident like this has happened though.

[@philwill0123]

@@rudemedic yep, muamba changed that because yes there was ambulances, but the time between pitch and getting them on ambulance was vital minutes, so difibulater is standard to avoid relying on doing that in ambulance or till getting to hospital.

[@razorsitch9882]

The BBC Broadcast was cut as soon as they realised what was happening, i've no idea about other channels or countries, but in the UK the feed went back to the studio commentary team.

[@tyrrellhueston8588]

SHOUT OUT TO SIMON ( DENMARK'S CAPTAIN ) HIS FIRST ACTIONS SAVED HIS LIFE 🗣️🗣️

[@ald00I]

this just showed again how important it is for soccer players to know first aid and the doctors to be on standby. props to everyone involved

[@colelowenstein1201]

Everyone whos able should get certified in basic cpr and first aid a class is usually only around 30 bucks and certification lasts for 2 years you never know whos life you might save could be your spouse your parents your kids or a complete stranger but in cardiac arrest every second counts and you could be the difference between life and death

[@TheXDesertfisch]

you have to take a first aid course to get your drivers licence in most european countries. a lot of people still hesitate to help in critical situations, but its a good way to educate a big part of the society in what to do

[@gabrielkelly2631]

Well Cole to answer your question people have been sued for doing cpr on someone. And 90% of the time you don't get the card because they forget to send it to you. Also the percentage of times that cpr works outside of the hospital is verrrrrrrrrryyyyy low about 10.9%

[@christucker7425]

@@gabrielkelly2631 sir that's a pretty good number when the alternative is guaranteed death. The act of CPR is protected by law in most states, so it depends, but that IS messed up.

[@gabrielkelly2631]

@@christucker7425 10.9%. you'd take that over a 45% survival rate in the hospital I'll take death especially if I'm out of a hospital. I'm not trusting some no named joe breaking my ribs and not reviving me lmaoo. and while it protected in most states that doesn't mean someone could take you to court(they may have a dnr order) there are way to many risks when it comes to preforming cpr. I'd much rather get a defib and cpr.(rarely do places have people who know how to use both correctly)

[@joshholmes1372]

@@gabrielkelly2631 you only get sued if you mess up. You have protections if you follow the training.

[@jlawless15]

Two days before a deployment I went with some friends to a Tucson Roadrunners game.Few days before Thanksgiving. Right before the opening face-off, Tucson's captain Craig Cunningham collapsed at center ice. Medics put him on a stretcher and were doing CPR as they were wheeling him out. Thankfully he survived. Ended up losing his leg but taught himself how to skate on a prosthetic. Inspirational man.

[@dawgpost90]

Why did he lose the leg?

[@jlawless15]

@@dawgpost90 On November 19, 2016, Cunningham was hospitalized after collapsing on the ice during a pre-game skate prior to a Tucson Roadrunners contest against the Manitoba Moose in Tucson, Arizona. Cunningham suffered an acute cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation, causing his heart to stop beating and requiring 83 minutes of continual CPR in which an on ice medical team and staff at St. Mary's Hospital and Banner-University Medical Center effectively saved his life. In his recovery he later addressed the media about the incident and his condition on December 21, 2016. After developing an infection due to circulation problems from his cardiac arrest, his lower left leg was amputated on December 24, 2016. Pulled this from wiki. But any news reports about it say the same thing. Just liked how wiki summarized it.

[@dewildlifts]

As a nurse, it’s literally what we do. EMT’s and Paramedics even more so. Getting someone’s heart to beat again from CPR is a crazy experience for sure, I’ll never forget my first time.

[@cyrussheets4450]

As a guy who had the CPR done to him, thanks for what you do.

[@phillwilkinson8319]

Will never forget this, 2nd time I've seen a cardiac arrest on the pitch.. my missus cried her eyes out but you couldn't stop watching.. I'm amazed they brought them back

[@mariospina2828]

Jay Bouwmeester a couple of seasons ago on the Blues, as well. Collapsed on the bench in Anaheim. Crazy fit dude too, it’s crazy this happens to these guys. Perspective is everything.

[@romelnegut2005]

Fortunately, Eriksen is one of the happy cases but along the years, some players have lost their lives due to different heart conditions. It was really terrifying to see him collapse and the panic in the players and fans' eyes.

[@eduardoFIFA]

I'll never forget watching on TV as a kid in the 2003 Confederations cup, a Cameroonian man collapsed and died on the field I was crying like a baby. I'm so glad Erikson is okay and I respect you for talking about this.

[@silvanafernandes8875]

And here in Brazil there was a player named Serginho who played for Sao Caetano and he died on the field in 2004, when he suffered a sudden illness as a result of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 14 minutes into the second half of the match. After he fell on the lawn, Grafite, an São Paulo player didn't notice and tripped over him. The match was declared suspended. He died in hospital an hour later (eight days after turning thirty). And his team suffered loss of points was due to the fact that the managers of his team let him play even though they knew of his heart problems. The doctor and the president of São Caetano, in addition to Serginho's family, stated that the assessments allowed the athlete to continue playing. After that, there was a change like: The care with the ambulances was the first of them, as some clubs did not pay attention to this with the imposition of the Football Statute two years earlier. Another point that became mandatory and was widely sought after was the defibrillator. In Serginho's case, the equipment was inside the ambulance and many believe that it took a long time to be used. From there, it is mandatory to have one on the edge of the lawn in case of emergency.

[@alessandrofavale782]

I remember that clearly as well, his name was Foé and was playing for Cameroon in the Confederations Cup.

[@eduardoFIFA]

Lets not forget our fallen brother's and sisters 🙏

[@mashiegamie7443]

It was so destressing seeing him getting CPR on live tv. Thank God he pulled through

[@TsherrooumOfficial]

was watching at home with some friends, felt like the world stopped for half an hour, everybody was in such a deep state of shock

[@cyrussheets4450]

I'm glad they kept the broadcast going, it was important that people could get instant updates to know his status. Its similar to Dale Earnhardts death in NASCAR, once you KNOW (as the broadcaster) someone could die from the incident you either have to get the camera off before anyone sees it, or if they've already seen it you have to stay with the coverage until you can give your audience news..good or bad.

[@SunshineStateCoasters]

Very glad he’s alive! Must’ve been scary, unfortunately I didn’t watch was working. This reminds me of when Jerry The King Lawler had a heart attack live on Raw. Everyone in the arena was looking over at the commentary table and was shocked and scared to see what happened… hopefully he makes a full and speedy recovery

[@Gunzfan123]

This is chilling as someone whose been involved in a near death incident when I hit someone in the head with a softball while batting it is extremely unnerving. So happy they brought em back.

[@HugoRolo]

I was watching live here in Portugal when feher smiled and fell.. That was it... One of those moments ill never forget...

[@timboslice8559]

For all of those who don’t know him Christian Eriksen was a bonafide star for Tottenham before leaving for Inter Milan!

[@dystealwobble5851]

Just coming off of a Serie A championship.

[@timboslice8559]

@@dystealwobble5851 yeah but he hasn’t played at his best for inter

[@chasegordon9431]

@@timboslice8559 he’s been really good for them this season

[@TempleofNater]

miss that man. one of our own

[@zachflores4467]

Happens a lot more people think in soccer they run so much and love the game they play that they are willing to give their last breath. I’m glad his gonna be okay cause that was scary af 😢

[@georgesainsbury8229]

The world thought he was gone and everyone Was wrong! Just goes to show all you need it hope and the worlds hope got him through!! Much respect to everyone ❤️❤️

[@suraj7121997]

Glad pat watches other spots other than just the American ones. Best talkshow out there

[@paulnewstead9693]

I watched it happen live and it reminded me of watching Clint Malarchuk when his Throat got slashed by a skate blade on nation TV..

[@Dom-pw2sj]

As someone who died for 20 mins because of my internal defibrillator ruptured my heart a week later after I got it, in 2013 (my doctors gave up on me) this hits home. It’s crazy that he is the 2nd player who used to play for Tottenham to die on the field for a while because of a heart attack. Back in 2012 a former Tottenham player Fabrice Muamba had one, I was watching that game live, it was crazy.

[@tdev04]

Reminds me of when Jiří Fischer collapsed on the Red Wings bench. That was so scary to watch on tv. Seeing Stevie Y in a sort of panic to get the medical staff there right away, the look on his face told you how serious he knew it was.

[@jacobmarks2985]

Had a situation like this with a program I work in the summers right here in Indiana. A student collapsed and a fellow student who worked with his volunteer fire department started doing compressions while my friend called 911 and I went to wave the ambulance to the field. He got hit probably 6-7 times with the paddles but without the immediate compressions he was gone because he was blue.

[@shifty530]

I remember in hockey when Richard Zednick got his neck cut open... That was one of those just silent, jaw dropped, glued to the TV moments

[@Erik-qj8ui]

Similar thing happened to Rich Peverley on the Dallas stars back in 2014. Crazy thing, but happy the medical professionals were there to save him.

[@nickreichart7649]

Was watching live, and you knew instantly it was bad. Incredible job to see the photo of him sitting up being wheeled off the field.

[@jonkozlowski2476]

I was going back and forth between soccer and UFC at the casino and that was a really scary moment. I'm glad he is recovering 🙏

[@radhominem]

The hockey skate to the carotid of Clint Malarchuk in '89 is another one of those incidents that will have you sitting in stunned silence for a little while.

[@martinmccluskey3903]

Just came across this it’s amazing how he’s back playing football true miracle

[@viniciusprado5650]

Here at Brazil, in 2004, a similar thing happened with a soccer player as well, his name was Serginho, unfortunately the doctors weren't able to save his life, he was 30 years old, could not stop thinking about that as eriksen was there.

[@Tuckerh22]

The amount of respect the players and fans have for each other in European soccer amazes me. It’s something I wish American sorts had a little bit more of. Mad respect to players/fans for Denmark and Finland 🇩🇰🇫🇮

[@iuravi]

I mean we also have hooliganism and have seen stadium dramas in the past (Heysel and Hillsborough come to mind), to which the North American reaction is much more decisive. There's usually a much friendlier atmosphere during matches between the national squads but even then there's plenty of examples from the past ten years where things weren't nearly as amicable.

[@KissellMissile]

I mean, I've been at games with full on riots where people fire Roman candles at each other and fans get shanked in dark alleys. A lot of the more extreme political parties in Europe started as fan clubs. All told there is probably more of that than respect.

[@jonjhon8491]

Soccer has the most racist fan base among sports. WTF you talking about......RESPECT?

[@tharengore7215]

Yea you never seen a NFL game were player goes down due to nasty injury and see players on both sides offer respect and a full stadium clapping as he gives the thumbs up being stretched out.

[@eats4cheaps305]

European soccer fans are some of the most hateful and racist people I've ever witnessed (during games, and then totally different people once the game is over).... American sports fans look like boy scouts compared to European standards.

[@Speds696969]

Afterwards both the Denmark and Finland chanting Christian Eriksen back and forth was exactly what makes sport special.

[@brandonmeuleman5279]

Hope he makes a full recovery. He has already had a great career and deserves to be able to keep going especially since he is only 29

[@chsot68]

There was an incident of this with Bolton Wanderers a few years ago, but they didn't know if the player was alive when he went to the ambulance where they had the equipment. I believe it was after this incident that it started to become standard practice in the big leagues and international tourneys that they have equipment and doctors at the ready. They also do alot more testing than before.

[@lucasebert5083]

In Formula 1, the fatal Anthoine Hubert crash back in 2019 was horrible especially when you consider it being broadcasted live to family and friends and people around the globe.

[@thef726]

At least from what I've heard they immediately cut away from the scene of the crash in the broadcast as soon as they realized how big it was. Same with Grosjean's in Bahrain. Replays were only shown once it was clear that he was out of the car and mostly alright.

[@Aquelll]

I think it is good they showed it live. It is just life. Things like that happen every day and there are not always top tier doctors and paramedics already at the scene. Usually it is one of any of you. So I was happy to learn that my local Red Cross had a huge influx of interest for first aid courses after that game.

[@firemanjeff911]

It's a rare but incredible experience bringing someone back from the brink.

[@troystaunton254]

I saw it happen once when I was in hospital, having my bowel removed, the woman in the bed opposite me was being an absolute mongrel to the nurses and ward staff, telling them she was going home and they’re all fools, then when she got up to go to the toilet she obviously had a heart attack, the male nurse near her, caught performed cpr and brought her back in all of 2 minutes. I heard one of the other nurses say as they were walking away “that’s the 3rd one this week he’s saved.” Lucky for her the nurses were more forgiving than me, after all her garbage. I’d have gone for a coffee and come to find her I have a 0 tolerance policy for fools.

[@firemanjeff911]

@@troystaunton254 let me just say that it is difficult at times, but we all took an oath of some sort that we won't just watch someone die. My integrity has been tested for sure.

[@trollinggodd8429]

Not really. When someone doesn't deserve to live and you save them, its useless.

[@mariamysager2789]

Watching from Denmark. The danish television broadcast did cut of, when Christian Eriksen kollapsed. British television broadcastet evrything and got alot of criticism foe not closing down until news of futher continuing. We are very proud of the way our team handled evrything to keep their teammates dignity. And the way the danish teams rose above it like a phenix from the ashes and got very fare in the competition. The team have won our hearts and made us proud. So it didn't matter if they won the tournament for us fans. But of course the team wanted to win. 🇩🇰👏👏👏🇩🇰

[@CammyCone]

There is an incident crazier than this and its when the hockey goalie had his throat slit open only to be saved by a Dr in the crowd

[@survivorboy124]

Props to the medical staff for their quick work and Kjaer for clearing his airway and starting CPR.

[@AKUNJIG]

You got to cover more Soccer bruh 😂. I love how you're learning The Beautiful Game

[@freakazoid4691]

Pat used to play soccer, so I was surprised he didn't know about the European Championships.

[@jensdukker7183]

It has happend to two other players before, daley blind and abdelhak nouri, one of them is still in a coma. And ironically they all played for ajax in their career(including eriksen)

[@aleosti]

It has happened to a lot more player than just Blind and Abdelhak. R.I.P. to all of them who couldn’t survive.

[@nightfly4664]

That's just in the Netherlands in recent memory. It has happened quite a lot more all over the world, and throughout history.

[@andyventures6574]

Nouri is now out of the coma, and now home with his family, but still suffering the effects.

[@Elthenar]

This is sort of thing is far more common in soccer, even though they are conditioned for it. That constant running without much in the way of a rest puts a lot of strain on the heart. Football players are built for burst performance. They are massively, bulky men who can sprint like a cheetah, for 5 to 10 seconds at a time, every 30 seconds or so and only when their side of the ball is on the field. If an NFL player starts to feel exhausted, they rotate him out. By the same token, you rarely see spine injuries in soccer like you do in the NFL. You don't have 250 pound men running into other 250 pound men at full speed and leading with their helmet.

[@Nevano12]

Well there are a lot more football players playing the game than NFL players. 1 in 50000 are prone to cardiac arrest

[@Elthenar]

@@Nevano12 Agreed, but it's still something that doesn't happen in the NFL. Like I said, they train differently. The NFL trains for short term max power. Soccer players train for endurance. Their game puts a lot more strain on the cardiovascular systems than NFL football.

[@wyattfrizzell6672]

Dude they jog for 90 minutes people acting like soccer is actually a physically demanding sport is laughable

[@robc2609]

@@wyattfrizzell6672 lad id love to see you play a game of football and see what you doing after 20 minutes

[@Elthenar]

@@wyattfrizzell6672 Pat himself just said how demanding with was when he played it at a low level. I'll take his word.

[@001Flange]

I remember watching the Red Wings game when this happened to Jiri Fischer. Scary.

[@EvaRafferty]

There have been a few cases of NHL players collapsing on the bench. Jay Bouwmeester comes to mind, same for Dallas Stars' Rich Peverly. Both had to be resuscitated basically right there. Also one incident where someone collapsed on the ice whose heart stopped for a few moments or something, I forget the exact incident, sometime in the late 90s early 00s

[@darrengray1239]

As a St. Louis Blues fan, the same thing happened to Jay Bouwmeester of the Blues in Anaheim a couple of years ago. It is terrifying

[@jmgs1919]

There was another one simalar in the fa cup a few years back fabrice muamba for Bolton wanderers vs Tottenham

[@michaelharris520]

This happened to Jay Bouwmeester last hockey season for the St. Louis Blues. Very scary stuff

[@mstephens44]

I saw it on KZbin and oh my God... They literally saved his life on the pitch.

[@virginialax03]

This same thing actually happened at a high school lacrosse game in Maryland a few months ago. Kid took a shot to the chest and his heart stopped. Doctors and nurses that were in the stands ran on the field, performed CPR and used the AED to bring him back to life. Crazy stuff!

[@dixonpopp1769]

Same thing happened here in Rochester NY a few years back, except no one got the AED in time and he died.

[@oCOKESo]

I haven’t seen a comment but another thing related to this that MUST be talked about is UEFA’s response to this. UEFA: the Danish players asked us to keep playing. At least 1 Danish player and one Danish legend (Peter Schmeichel): UEFA threatened to have us forfeit the game unless we continued playing. UEFA and FIFA are thick as thieves, unfortunately

[@TookYoBeef]

Eriksons a legend I'm so glad he's ok, very scary situation

[@markhutton6465]

Good to see Eriksen apparently doing ok and I hope he has a long time left. There have been a few similar incidents in soccer. Marc Vivien Foé died after collapsing on the field in an African Nations game. Fabrice Muamba survived after a cardiac arrest on the pitch in a Premier League game, a cardiologist who was in the crowd ran on the field to help and since then a defibrilator has been standard equipment at English Premier League games. Daley Blind, who is playing for the Netherlands in this tournament, has had a couple of scares, collapsing in training once and also in a pre-season game. Not sure if the commentators in his game the other night said he had a pacemaking wire fitted. And Daniel Jarque was a defender for Espanyol who completed a training session, went home and tragically died of heart failure at 26 years old. I don't know if this is something football clubs could do a better job screening for or if you can't always tell, but it does make you think as the average guy on the street. If it can happen to these super fit athletes in their 20s and early 30s, how fragile is my life?

[@grousetheghoul2754]

Chuck Hughes 1971 died on the field while playing WR for the Lions against the Vikings. Game was live on TV in Detroit. They pronounced him at the hospital instead of on the field, but several people interviewed after the game said he died on the field.

[@MarkoOo1783]

I was watching it live with friends and it was so terrifying and scary to watch. Not sure how they continued the match few hours later when everyone was in shock still

[@peterbentin1395]

UEFA (which is an organization that controls the Euros) gave the danish players 3 choices; they either had to continue the game the same day, play it at 12 O’clock local time the following day or forfeit and lose 3-0, so they chose the best of 3 awful options, to continue.

[@huckleberry2623]

@@peterbentin1395 Damn thats rough, props to Denamark for being in the quarterfinals after all this, wild stuff

[@pachajonathan]

I knew he was suffering a myocardial infarction when he went down. Even through the player "wall", you could see the resesitation effort. You could hear a "clear?" and see his limbs raise along with the CPR efforts. It was a horrifying display. Erikson is a class player in the realm of Modric, Bruno Fernandes, De Bruyne. I am glad he is okay.

[@davifmcmonies2306]

Don't compare anyone with De Bruyne. He's to clear I can back modric and Fernandes but NOT De Bruyne

[@pachajonathan]

@@davifmcmonies2306 Each has played in a champions league final and de bruyne is surrounded by 500 million pounds of players. Do the math and watch some highlights.

[@wallefox]

Watching that made me think of Rich Peverley of the Dallas Stars who collapsed on the bench a few years ago.

[@forcesensitive6371]

This happened to a footballer called Marc Vivian Foe in the Confederations Cup in 2003. Unfortunately, he died on the pitch and this was fully televised, in a time where reactions to the situation were not as prompt as the Ericsson ordeal. And there was Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest in 2012 in a FA Cup game. Luckily he survived. It's happened a few other times too.

[@safcjcp]

I deal with this stuff regularly but watching it on tv was something completely different, I think watching unable to do anything to help is probably scarier than being there.

[@jimmyrempel6260]

It has happen in the NHL more than once. Jiri Fischer from Detroit, Jay Bouwmeester from St-Louis and Rich Peverley from the Dallas Stars

[@cooperbahr748]

Hank Gathers' death at LMU was a big part in getting medical personnel at sporting events. Glad to know they're prepared and used in emergencies like this.

[@rasmus3702]

Hey Pat! Football player from Denmark here. Dont care much for soccer myself, but did watch the game with some friends at a restaurant. When this incident happened a guy, maybe 25 years old, in great shape, passed out in the restaurant. I'm a police officer and responded to it. Nothing serious happened to the guy, but to think that a young, fit guy can pass out (and split his eyebrow in the fall) just by watching the scene you are describing is pretty crazy. A lot has since been made of the teams and team captains reactions. And they were great and all, but really - I automatically expect any of my teammates to calm my wife down and help if I ever get hurt. I would expect that from any stranger too, really.

[@717DTran]

Dont forget to shoutout to the Captain of the team for coming by Erikson’s side right away

[@Boodoosh69]

Did not see it live watched the replay and even knowing he was ok it had me in tears, he was gone, the medical team were heroes today and everyday, in 2019 I had a heart attack on the pitch, not a cardiac arrest so not as deadly, within 12 hours I was being operated on and I am back playing football, but only because of our medical heroes and NHS (UK here). Btw good job switching mics ;)

[@Trinton1]

The reason why the response was so quick is sadly because this has happened multiple times before and there was a high profile player (Foe) who died on the pitch before as well. They learnt from those hard lessons and thankfully it saved Christian's life.

[@thwartedjunk9655]

Just so everyone knows, despite what you see on TV and in movies, defibrillators can not restart your heart if you flatline. It's only used on irregular heart rhythms and to shock it back to normal

[@jakem8839]

Never shock asystole

[@mattdix7170]

No if it detects a regular rhythm then it won’t shock if it is irregular or not there then it delivers a shock to regulate or restart

[@TheLtGo]

@@mattdix7170 You literally cannot restart a heart with a defibrillator. It's job is to reset an abnormal rythm of the signals going to the heart, which is what cardiac arrest is, an irregular/abnormal rythm of the contractions of the different parts of the heart.

[@mattdix7170]

@@TheLtGo ok was wrong with the not there part but the irregular part is true

[@christopherantoine9657]

Good point to bring up. Always remember, start with chest compressions.

[@striker045]

Broadcast didnt stop because they dont run ads during the games because the time doesnt stop

[@farakhhanif]

They should have cut away from the feed like they did in Denmark. They just showed aerial footage of the stadium.

[@striker045]

@@farakhhanif they cut away once it was clear someone was doing chest compressions on him Unfortunately i dont think anybody in charge realized what was happening until it was obvious and too late

[@420RATEDRKO420]

Very reminiscent of last year with Ryan Newman’s crash at the 500. Sat there for an hour almost in silence and tears welling up. Thank god for medical personal. Total Hero’s

[@peterhatch6418]

Other incidents Gathers and Utah State Bball player Danny Berger - he survived due to AED unit being on site at the practice facility.

[@rickcanning9319]

Did you see the video of the guy who works for the company that made the defibrillator being used? (He’s crying at home watching them use it)

[@bonytony8855]

Link?

[@FLaVVLeSsx]

yea link?

[@RavenflashLP]

Zelda?

[@n0body550]

@@RavenflashLP i love you 😂😂😂

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

Link please

[@paulweeldreyer7457]

I didn't have a problem with how long the coverage stayed. They were respectful and didn't make a spectacle of it. Everyone was concerned about him. I think it was good to show it.

[@kennethmader2473]

I was watching bit was scary af!!! Glad he pulled through though

[@kennethfrawley2420]

That happened to me on October 30th, 2014. I passed out in the middle of a baseball game to a "fatal arrhythmia." Was told I should have been dead in the middle of the field, and someone brought myself back. Ended up needing a heart transplant in 2016, I hope Eriksen doesnt eventually require the same.

[@benkaczmar]

Yeah I was kind of in a similar situation. I had watched all of the first half and left to go strawberry picking literally less than 5 minutes before it happened. I wasn't sure if I was going to go out or watch the game, so it's just one of those things where I'm probably glad I didn't have to watch the whole thing unfold. Very glad to see the Eriksen is okay and is in good health thanks to the medical staff and everyone around him.

[@GryLi]

Danish TV DRTV stopped broadcasting real fast, they went to a drone cam outside the stadium. Glad i didn't see it.

[@oneminhistory]

It has happened a few times in football. The first big one was Marc-Vivien Foé who died on the pitch in 2003. Then in London’s in 2013 I was there when Fabrice Muamba collapsed and was dead for 78 minutes before surviving. It was haunting at the time.