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Tennessee player collapses- revived by defibrillator

Da Coach said:
Tennessee sophomore forward Emmanuel Negedu collapsed while lifting weights, and was found with no pulse. He reportedly was revived with a defibrillator, and is hospitalized.
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/sep/28/negedu-passes-out-practice-ambulanced-hospital/
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Thus why EVERYONE should be trained in how to use these life saving devices. Although the save rate for defibrillation during cardiac arrest is rather low, it is still important to give everyone the best chance of survival. Encourage your schools, churches, little leagues, and youth groups to purchase a AED if they have not already.


Ok, I will get off my EMT soapbox :)
 
tornado said:
Tennessee player Emmanuel Negedu had an implantable defibrillator placed in his chest to electrically shock his heart should he ever again have a sudden, life-threatening heart stoppage again.
He will not play this year, and he may never play according to sources at the school.
http://collegehoops.scout.com/a.z?s=426&p=2&c=906632
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Its a shame the kid can never play basketball again, but at least he is alive to enjoy life. I wish the best to him.
 
Up 'til yesterday - there was still some hope that Emmanuel Negedu might still be able to play basketball.
Reportedly he had clearance with some restrictions from the doctors and was still hoping to get back on the roster at Tennessee.
Unfortunately yesterday, in a radio interview, Bruce Pearl said he's not going to allow Negedu to play and will allow him to transfer elsewhere or stay and NOT play.
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tenn...560-pearl-closes-door-negedus-future-vol.html
 
Here's a followup on Emmanuel Negedu,. the Tennessee kid who collapsed because of a seirous heart rhythm disturbance, then got a pacemaker/defibrillator..

Now he says his doctors have clerared him to play...
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/apr/12/basketball-dominates-volscars/

BUT -- as we saw once before in the Nick Knapp case --
the school and the team WILL NOT LET HIM PLAY, so he is done at Tennessee.....
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/apr/13/ut-wont-clear-negedu-play-basketball/
 
Tom Crean was trying to land a kid who's life might be at risk should he play...
but again, Crean is thwarted........the IU administration says no to signing the kid, out of concerns for the kid's health and the liability if an adverse event happens.
 
It's too bad Negedu feels he has to put his life at risk and continue to play college ball. Would have been a great story if UT would have continued a scholarship for him and helped him get started in a different career path..
 
followup on Emmanual Negedu --

the good news -- he appears healthy and is playing for New Mexico --
the bad news -- New Mexico got hammered by 25 points yesterday at Cal...
Negedu with only 2 pts -- dropping his averages to 3 ppg, 2 rpg, 2.5 TO/gm
 
Here's one more unfortunate final followup on Emmanuel Negedu -- who transferred to New Mexico to play after having a life-threatening heart issue treated with an implanted defibrillator...

Several schools said they wouldn't let him play and New Mexico (Steve Alford) was one of the few who said they'd let him play knowing the risks...

Negedu had played in all 10 games up 'til Dec. 19, but wasn't all that productive...getting some garbage time and some time against good teams..averaging 4.7 ppg.


Well -- at halftime of that game on Dec. 19, vs. Citadel, where he had played hard for 6 minutes at the end of the 1st half...his defibrillator fired and so as a precaution, he went to the hospital and never played in the 2nd half of that game.
In response to questions from the media, Alford said "I will not say much" ..but that Negedu was "under the weather" and said nothing more, as Negedu continued over the subsequent several days to undergo tests.

Negedu has now missed the last two games, and finally the truth is being revealed...
He is now stated to be "not playing for the foreseeable future".
..and some experts say with this latest development he may not play again.
 
SFP said:
AZ I agree 100%! Your life is not worth the risk for JUST a game!
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You are correct, and this latest event proves there was risk involved in letting him return to playing. I believe the doctors at New Mexico were wrong in clearing him when doctors at multiple other schools believed there was too much risk.
 
If his heart continues to go into ventricular fibrillation (and I do not know the details of his case) - which is the indication for the defibrillator in the first place -- to shock his heart when he has an unexpected episode of this life threatening rhythm abnormality..
Then not only might the "shocker" have now saved the kid's life -- but it's NOT a 100% guarantee to be successful in doing it again...

Thus -- it appears the only such episodes he's had have been while playing basketball, and this alone might be cause to "shut him down" ....and avoid further risks...and then medicate with beta-blockers to help keep the kid from experiencing a Hank Gathers-scenario and die....
It thus becomes likely that it would be deemed too much of a risk to play basketball....
 
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