Young hockey player dies

[Mrs.Greg]

Just heard a little bit about this one the news.A young hockey player died of heart attack on ice yesterday, I believe in Ontario Our health unit and others across province are working to get difibrillators in all the hockey rinks.I believe that all coaches in Alta. have to have first aid now as well as criminal checks. A defib machine is totally fool proof,anyone who can listen to a instruction can use one,and they will not give the shock unless needed.

Point being,try and make sure the rinks your useing has access to one,it will save a young persons life.

A good hit at a time between heartbeats can stop a heart,this is the reason they are trying to get all arenas to have one available.....and hope to God you never have to use one.

 

[IL Rancher]

This has happened a few times over the years in various sports. I think I recall football... And I believe baseball a pitcher was hit with a line drive right at the wrong time and wrong location and either killed him or came down right near to because of heart failure... Those defibs are starting to show up everywhere now..

 

[Northern Rancher]

Damn that's terible-something like that is in the back of your mind every minute as a coach-alot of hockey played where your along ways from a hospital or a doctor for that matter. I'm sure Don Cherry will mention him on Saturday night. All coaches in Canada have to have their 'Speak Out' clinic completed-every team has to have at least one person on the bench with a safety/trainer certificate-tier one and down coaches need to have their first level coaches certificate-to coach AA you need an intermediate coach certificate-you write a 30 page test at the end of that course. The next level is a week long $1,000 clinic coaching the top 80 kids at summer camp-with that you are certified to coach any where. I think every 'PARENT' should complete the first three levels would cut down on alot of rink problems.

 

[Maple Leaf Angus]

From what I read, the arena had all the life saving tech available, including a defibrillator (sp?). There were off-duty fire fighters, at least one nurse and a lot of help there in a minutes notice.

The poor kid simply did not respond to all of the help that was available. Stroke, was one report I read.

Talk about taking the heart out of a team. I think that would do it for me.