Cardiac arrest for coach, opponents save his life
Cardiac arrest for coach, opponents save his life
Big scare at the Paris Olympics: during boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov's gold medal celebration, Uzbek champion Tulkin Kilichev's coach suffered a cardiac arrest. The coach è was rescued by two members of the British team: physician Harj Singh and physiotherapist Robbie Lillis.
Lillis told the PA news agency: "The Uzbek coaches team è returned to the warm-up area and everyone was celebrating, then from that area came shouts that were not celebrations at all. There'è was a cry for help, someone called for a doctor. Harj è was the first person to respond and I followed with the emergency bag we carry".
"When I arrived Harj had already started CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ed.) on the coach. I opened the trauma bag, took out the defibrillator, put electrodes on him as quickly as possible. Once we analyzed his heart rhythm, Harj said a shock was recommended, so we had everyone stand back and gave him a shock. Initially, it had no effect, but about 20 to 30 seconds later, after Harj continued CPR, suddenly Tulkin regained consciousness".
