Football spectator heart attacks
Posted by DavidM in Other football news | 5 March 2010
A recent study has estimated that one in every 589,000 spectators has a heart attack at a football ground during the season, but many of the stadia wouldn't be able to deal with it quickly and effectively.
MediLexicon reports that the study of 187 top European football stadia identified a number of them lacked the equipment and the training to deal with heart attacks. A key concern is that 1 in 4 of the grounds more than 5 minutes from the nearest hospital lack AED equipment - vital for treating heart attacks within the first 5 minutes.
So before you next scream at the referee until the veins throb in your neck, check the ground has the right kit to sort you out and that the staff know how to use it!
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