ZURICH, 30 ( EUROPA PRESS)
Professor Jiri Dvorak, Head physician of FIFA and President of its evaluation and medical research centre, explained that the governing body of world football will examine cases of footballers who have suffered a stopped heart, to know the causes of the sudden attacks, as the Player of the Fabrice Muamba Bolton, although it considers that impossible “completely eliminate the risk” of that can happen again.
Project will be presented at a special Congress to be held on 23 and 24 may in Budapest and he has “invited all the doctors of the national teams, to create a global database containing all instances of sudden heart stop” in order to “analyze risk factors”, according to the own Dvorak.
“has been working in the prevention from the case of Marc-Vivien Foe in 2003, when we reevaluamos the situation.” The case triggered alarm bells ringing and dedicated fully to find solutions and to do everything possible to mitigate risk factors. “In 2005 we set out to make complete medical checkups to each player before the competitions and later FIFA imposed the obligation of such tests,” explained.
Of all forms, considers that “you can always do more”, which is why they recommend that the players of the national teams undergo medical assessments before the parties: “increasingly more member associations follow this advice, but the sanitary quality varies greatly from one place to another.” “In the Centre of Europe, the quality is very high, but we must help the less wealthy countries”.
“Is a situation which we look at in the first medical Congress two years ago, in Zurich, to which we invite physicians in each and every one of its member associations.” “This year we will celebrate a second medical Congress of this genre, where we will give further steps forward”, explained.
In any case Dvorak looks impossible to provide for each and every one of the accidents that may occur during a football match, and there will always be cases of apparently brimming with health individuals suffering from problems of importance, advises FIFA said in a statement.
“Now, doctors understand that there is a need to carry out checks, and are being made.” We must make sure that check-ups appropriate and include a study of the clinical history of the sportsman, followed by a physical test and then an electrocardiogram. “Any suspicion, will take place an Echocardiogram”, explains.
As well, although “this will decrease the risk” cannot be “deleted completely, which is precisely what happened in the case of Fabrice Muamba”. “From the first moment we have kept in contact with Bolton Wanderers.” Go to all of them our best wishes. “The recovery of the player is fantastic news”, it valued.
“We have to make sure that, when there is a heart attack on the pitch, everyone is prepared to intervene urgently.” “It’s a very important issue which will be debated in the medical Congress”, pointed out.
In this regard, recalled that in FIFA competitions is required, around the pitch, there is an appropriate medical equipment and a defibrillator in the stadium. “but, I repeat, logically we cannot guarantee that all stadiums around the world have a defibrillator.” Anyway, we want people to understand that this device can save lives. “We want informing and sensitizing the associations members that this is absolutely vital,” concluded.
(Europe PRESS sports)
