( Tratto dal sito della Fondazione Castelli ) Un attimo per passare dalla gioia immensa alla disperazione più cupa. E’ successo negli Stati Uniti during a basketball game, during which challenged the High School (high school) and of Feinville Brighman, State of Michigan. Wes Leonard, sixteen, leader of its formation, the Blackhawks, and leading scorer, just a few seconds left in the game scored the decisive basket for his team: 57 to 55. Soon after it collapsed on the floor, died of cardiac arrest: his heart has not stood the great emotion and physical exertion. In the United States can be competitive sports activities, even at a high level of fitness without performing medical tests, is in fact a self-sufficient. A medical careful to ascertain the level is essential to avoid health problems related to the practice of sport: it is recommended for all ages, for all sports and possibly supplemented with an echocardiogram, performed at least once in a lifetime of sports 'individual. This is the first thing to do to prevent cardiac arrest in sports (primary prevention), the second to realize is represented by the spread of the culture of emergency when you do sports (secondary prevention). Awareness education, training in techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of defibrillation are the essential elements to successful implementation.
0 comments:
Post a Comment