Fabrice Muamba

[grantos83]

Fabrice Muamba 'critical' after collapse in Spurs-Bolton match

 

Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba is critically ill after collapsing during the FA Cup fifth-round tie against Tottenham.

 

The 23-year-old is being treated in the intensive care unit of the heart attack centre at the London Chest Hospital.

 

Medics spent 10 minutes trying to resuscitate him on the field after he fell to the ground with no other players around him.

MUAMBA'S FACTFILE

 

* Born on 6 April 1988 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

* Progressed through Arsenal's youth academy, representing England at every level from under-16 to under-21

* Joined Birmingham in 2007, having been there on loan previously, then moved to Bolton the following year

* Appeared at the 2011 European Under-21 Championship in Denmark for England Under-21s, for whom he made 33 appearances

 

The score was 1-1 when the match was abandoned after 41 minutes.

 

Medical staff gave the former England Under-21 international mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and tried to revive him with a defibrillator. In total six medics were treating the player.

 

Both sets of supporters chanted Muamba's name as he was taken off the pitch on a stretcher. ESPN, who were broadcasting the match, reported that he was not breathing as he was taken into the tunnel.

 

Referee Howard Webb called the visibly shaken players off the field after consulting with Bolton manager Owen Coyle and Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp.

 

Minutes later the match was abandoned.

 

A Bolton spokesman said: "Fabrice Muamba has been taken to hospital following his collapse. There is no further information at this time."

 

The former Arsenal midfielder was accompanied in the ambulance by Coyle and club captain Kevin Davies.

PLAYERS' MESSAGES ON TWITTER

 

"Praying for you Fab. Hope he's OK. Thoughts with him and his family. For all those asking, I know as much as you do. Waiting anxiously for updates from teammates. Fab is a fighter!" Bolton midfielder Stuart Holden

 

"Pray for Fab. God willing he will pull through." Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe

 

"All our hearts with Fabrice Muamba, one of my closest friends at Bolton. I'm shocked, wishing him a fast recovery." Wigan's former Bolton goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi

 

"Hope Fabrice Muamba is OK. Praying for him and his family. Still in shock." Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney

 

"Doesn't matter who you support. Doesn't matter if you aren't a football fan. Doesn't matter if you aren't religious. Pray for Fabrice Muamba." Tottenham defender Kyle Walker

 

"I'm so sad about what happened to Fabrice Muamba today. Played with him for a couple of years. What a great guy. Always a smile on his face. Please Fabrice bring that smile back. My thoughts are with you and your lovely family!" Arsenal captain Robin van Persie

 

BBC Radio 5 live's chief football reporter Dennis, who was covering the game at White Hart Lane, witnessed medics rushing to aid Muamba.

 

"When the medical staff arrived his face was on the turf," he said.

 

"You could see them using a defibrillator and he was [electronically] charged on at least two occasions. Everyone could see Fabrice Muamba was fighting for his life.

 

"If he does pull through it will be down to the quick actions of the medics."

 

Soon after the incident, messages of support flooded in for the former Birmingham player.

 

Spurs' Rafael van der Vaart was one of those on the pitch when Muamba collapsed. He tweeted: "Terrible what happened with Muamba during the game. We're all praying for him."

 

England international Jack Wilshere, who played with Muamba at Bolton, wrote: "Hope Muamba is OK. Thoughts with him."

 

Middlesbrough defender Justin Hoyte, who played in the Arsenal youth team with Muamba, said: "I seriously hope my best friend in football is OK. Stay strong bro, please please stay strong. God is with you remember that."

 

Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor said it was a "terrible thing to see for all the football family".

 

"This can happen on a pitch and [it is] one of the reasons why we insist all youngsters coming into the game have the ability to have heart screenings to avoid this happening," he said.

 

FA chairman David Bernstein said their thoughts and prayers were with Muamba and his family.

 

"Fabrice has played 33 times for England Under-21s, captaining Stuart Pearce's side during this time and is a player, and more importantly, a person we care greatly for," he said.

 

"We are in contact with Bolton Wanderers over Fabrice's condition and are awaiting updates."

 

Muamba joined Wanderers from Birmingham in 2008 and has made 148 appearances for the club

 

hopefully fabrice will recover asap

[Liam]

fingers crossed for the guy. Will take a miracle for him to be alright.

[boboisared]

When you hear the news about his fiancee and child it goes far beyond football.

 

Fingers crossed for the lad.

[RUL]

Fkn hell, just seen this video, missed the actual incident at the time, pretty bad

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TqqTimIus&feature=related

[ebbe]

this is shocking. horrible seeing this happen to any person in any walk of life but when it's on the t.v like this in front of so many people it's very distressing. credit to the emergency services and the club staff for at least giving him a shot at survival, after initially hearing he was stable to now hear he is critically ill and in intensive care is terrible. hope he pulls threw.

[sheepiekev]

this is shocking. horrible seeing this happen to any person in any walk of life but when it's on the t.v like this in front of so many people it's very distressing. credit to the emergency services and the club staff for at least giving him a shot at survival, after initially hearing he was stable to now hear he is critically ill and in intensive care is terrible. hope he pulls threw.

 

 

Second that ebbe - puts any moans about us today into total perspective!

Good luck to the guy, sounds like he needs all the luck he can get

Fingers crossed for him.

[King Street Loon]

Fingers crossed the loon makes a recovery.

 

Football means fuck all when there's a life hanging in the balance and he's got a family scared shitless for him.

[K-9]

is there a chance he'll still die?

That's usually what critical condition means

[granite sheep]

Aye, boy had a heart attack, but hope he pulls through. He's probably done as far as playing pro fitba tho. Was this nae fit happened to Davie Cooper when he died on the pitch?

[sheepiekev]

Aye, boy had a heart attack, but hope he pulls through. He's probably done as far as playing pro fitba tho. Was this nae fit happened to Davie Cooper when he died on the pitch?

 

No.

Cooper was a blood cot on the brain I think.

[E-P-K]

Aye, boy had a heart attack, but hope he pulls through. He's probably done as far as playing pro fitba tho. Was this nae fit happened to Davie Cooper when he died on the pitch?

 

No,

 

Cooper never died on the pitch.

[granite sheep]

Well, I can tell you he's probably out for the season. And every other season after that, he's probably finished as far as Premiership fitba is concened for him. By the way, who is it I'm thinkin o that croaked on the pitch fae a duff ticker then?

[E-P-K]

Well, I can tell you he's probably out for the season. And every other season after that, he's probably finished as far as Premiership fitba is concened for him. By the way, who is it I'm thinkin o that croaked on the pitch fae a duff ticker then?

 

Phil O'Donnell.

[granite sheep]

Aye, that's him- both played for Well when they died if i mind right

[RUL]

Cooper was on a football pitch, he was doing a training video if I remember right.

 

I woke up expecting to hear the boy was dead but coyle just saying next 24 hours are crucial

[The Boofon]

Cooper was on a football pitch, he was doing a training video if I remember right.

 

I woke up expecting to hear the boy was dead but coyle just saying next 24 hours are crucial

 

It was more like a 5 a side pitch if memory serves me well.

 

If this had happened in Scotland Muamba would be up in front of the SFA compliance officer for diving.

 

I know I know it's too early and I hope he's fine.

[Redmist1903]

fingers crossed for the guy. Will take a miracle for him to be alright.

 

A miracle is a slight exaggeration bud, thousands of folk a day have heart attacks and recover no problem. Heart care is so advanced nowadays that the amount of folk that actually die from heart attacks is much less than it was years ago.

[The Boofon]

A miracle is a slight exaggeration bud, thousands of folk a day have heart attacks and recover no problem. Heart care is so advanced nowadays that the amount of folk that actually die from heart attacks is much less than it was years ago.

 

 

He's a lucky boy. Without the AED he'd have been tatties.

 

Your heart going into an erratic state where an AED is required is generally game over if treatment isn't given immediately.

 

In layman's terms his heart would have been wobbling like a plate of jelly until he got the shock to get it back to normal beat pattern.

[Liam]

A miracle is a slight exaggeration bud, thousands of folk a day have heart attacks and recover no problem. Heart care is so advanced nowadays that the amount of folk that actually die from heart attacks is much less than it was years ago.

 

Its not the heart attack though, its the fact he has been starved of oxygen for so long. Who knows what sort of damage that has done to his brain. Hopefully very little.

[fatshaft]

Its not the heart attack though, its the fact he has been starved of oxygen for so long. Who knows what sort of damage that has done to his brain. Hopefully very little.

?? What fact? There's been no reports of how he was on the pitch as far as I'm aware?

[The Boofon]

Its not the heart attack though, its the fact he has been starved of oxygen for so long. Who knows what sort of damage that has done to his brain. Hopefully very little.

 

Big leap there Liam.

 

Where does it say he's been starved of oxygen?

 

CPR was started pretty quick and the AED was wheeled out as they identified he'd went into ventricular fibrillation.

 

The CPR if done correctly (and I've no reason to doubt it wasn't as it was trained paramedics doing it) would have kept the blood flow going.

 

He's the luckiest man alive dropping like that with so many professional medical people around. Other than dropping in a hospital I cannot think of anywhere else he'd have been fine.

 

EDIT for spelling like a retard.

[Henry]

Big leap their Liam.

 

 

[stirlingsheep]

Big leap their Liam.

 

Where does it say he's been starved of oxygen?

It's not a big leap.

Reports were that he wasn't breathing as they took him down the tunnel, they were using a diffibulator at that point and had been trying to revive him for 15 mins before that, that's 15 minutes without fresh oxygen getting in to his system, a long time. They don't use a diffibulator unless you're not breathing and have no pulse. Hence he was being starved of oxygen. A mans iLife hangs in the balance so it's not important who is right or wrong, but the consequences of a lack of oxygen are very dangerous.

 

Howard Webb was excellent in his position, remained calm and completely under control. Didn't take long to pick up the seriousness of the situation and made all the correct decisions. Can't imagine too many refs up here being that cool and calm. Shows why he's an ex-copper.

[The Boofon]

It's not a big leap.

Reports were that he wasn't breathing as they took him down the tunnel, they were using a diffibulator at that point and had been trying to revive him for 15 mins before that, that's 15 minutes without fresh oxygen getting in to his system, a long time. They don't use a diffibulator unless you're not breathing and have no pulse. Hence he was being starved of oxygen. A mans iLife hangs in the balance so it's not important who is right or wrong, but the consequences of a lack of oxygen are very dangerous.

 

Howard Webb was excellent in his position, remained calm and completely under control. Didn't take long to pick up the seriousness of the situation and made all the correct decisions. Can't imagine too many refs up here being that cool and calm. Shows why he's an ex-copper.

 

The CPR being administered meant that he wasn't being starved of oxygen. Certainly not for 15 minutes. CPR enables oxygen to be pumped round the body. It would have stopped to allow the AED to be used to get his heart back to a beating rhythm again.

 

You're scaremongering.

 

You're right about Webb. Very calm indeed.

 

Nae sure what some apple gadget has to do with all of this.

 

 

Harcus. It was deliberate.

[stirlingsheep]

Nae sure what some apple gadget has to do with all of this.

Sodding iPad predictatext.

[BrianFaePerth]

Boy playing for Brann had a similar thing happen to him last September, albeit he was resuscitated eftir 10 mins or so. One heart attack on the pitch, and one in the tunnel.

 

He'd have been broon bread if there hadn't been paddles at the side of the pitch, and only some fantastic flying fae the helicopter crew got him over the mountains and back in tae Bergen in piss poor weather and in tae hospital.

 

They ran every test they could on him, and nothing whatsoever showed up, so they bunged in a pacemaker. He apparently then had a further cardiac arrest in November, but the pacemaker did it's job.

 

Makes ye realise every day ye get is a special one.

[tup]

He's the luckiest man alive dropping like that

 

Really?

[The Boofon]

Really?

 

At the moment I'd say so.

 

Clearly I mean dropping like that where he did.

 

Probably at the ground for about a couple of hours before hand.

 

If he'd dropped at any other time outwith those two hours that day he'd be brown bread.

[tup]

True but there's a fair chance the fitba caused his heart attack I would say.

 

Because it's happened to lots of others too, Foe, O'Donnell etc.

 

So it's the physical activity that causes it.

[The Boofon]

True but there's a fair chance the fitba caused his heart attack I would say.

 

Because it's happened to lots of others too, Foe, O'Donnell etc.

 

So it's the physical activity that causes it.

 

 

A likely scenario it must be said.