Spurs's club doctor, Shabaaz Mughal; and paramedics Peter Fischer and Wayne Diesel, who had been so involved in the first six minutes: and Bolton physio Andy Mitchell and club doctor Jonathan Tobin, a personal friend of Muamba. Sharma told the Observer that the decision to take Muamba to the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green — almost eight miles away — rather than, as had been planned, the North Middlesex, much nearer White Hart Lane, may have helped to save the footballer's life.
The amazing thing is that he persuaded the ambulance to change plans: ambulancemen don't normally like to do that. But it was vital, I think. Bethnal Green has equipment which can make a great difference. Ambulances don't have them, and the other hospital wouldn't have.
It was a difficult journey through north London. One of the vehicle's paramedics apparently had to hold the waist of Bolton's doctor, Tobin, while he fought to administer available drugs to available veins, because the pitchside doctor still had on his football boots, and studs slip on metal.
A further 12 defibs were carried out during the journey. And thankful that there was so much expertise, and will. It's physical. Often you have to ask someone to take over. But it's crucial, in the early minutes — CPR keeps something pumping, and with a lack of oxygen any organ soon starts to die, the heart and brain needing the most, and the quickest.
If it's allowed to conk out, it's the end. Shortly after 7pm, the ambulance slewed around the last corner in Bethnal Green. The London Chest Hospital has teams of cardiologists, brain specialists, and something that they call "intensitists". Some had been listening to the match on the radio, and wondering whether they might get the call to readiness. The journey had been six miles longer, on a Saturday teatime, than it might had the ambulance made a routine trip to the North Middlesex, were it not for the intervention of Deaner.
According to him: "We went straight into the lab and I put a bigger line into a vein under his shoulder blade and quickly scrubbed up.
We got access to arteries and a bigger vein and carried on giving shocks and drugs. Muamba's team physician, Jonathan Tobin, was suddenly out of the loop. Against all expectations, Muamba regained consciousness on the Monday after his collapse. He recognised his fiancee, Shauna Magunda, and asked after their son Joshua.
The midfielder felt 'perfectly normal' up until that moment. No chest pains, no shortness of breath, no reason for him to trouble Bolton Wanderers ' team doctor Jonathan Tobin. He had technically died for 78 minutes as his heart stopped beating following a cardiac arrest. Then as half-time approached, his vision blurred and he could see two Scott Parkers, and a shout from defender Dedryck Boyata asking him to track back would go unanswered.
Within seconds, there was only darkness. Muamba fell to the floor in front of 35, spectators. No problems with my health. It was a normal day. Then I collapsed. Robust CPR can break ribs but it was necessary. So were the 15 defibrillation shocks, as club medics, London Ambulance Service staff and Dr Andrew Deaner — the cardiologist and Tottenham Hotspur fan who convinced stewards to let him on the field — fought to save his life.
Arsenal [] - 2 games, 0 goals. Birmingham [L oan, ] - 41 games, 0 goals. Birmingham [] - 38 games, 2 goals. Bolton Wanderers [] - games, 4 goals. The lights came back on at the London Chest Hospital. His heart began beating, and Muamba awoke on the Monday beside two nurses. He spent 30 nights in their care and got to meet Dr Deaner, who whispered in his ear: 'I understand you're a very good footballer. His debt of gratitude is shared by many every Thursday at 8pm, when we clap our carers.
This service needs looking after. They were talking about cutting their funds. They need more money. They need pay rises. I got to see how much these doctors and nurses worked, how much they wanted to look after their patients. But they looked after me. The total deaths is staggering, but you have to imagine the silly number of doctors and nurses in hospitals who are keeping people safe.
Tributes arrived in large numbers for Muamba as he battled back to a full recovery in hospital. Muamba wants to see the government look after the NHS and has called for staff pay rises. I had somebody in my room, all day, every day. The moment you come out of hospital, you ask yourself what the Government is doing to help these people?
Consultant cardiologist Dr Sam Mohiddin, who has been caring for Muamba at the hospital, said it was "extraordinary" for someone whose heart has stopped beating for as long as the player's did to make the kind of progress he has made. Dr Mohiddin said it was "far too early to say" what caused Muamba's heart to stop as Bolton played Tottenham in the FA Cup match at White Hart Lane in north London and could not predict how long it might be before Muamba is fully recovered.
The consultant, who is monitoring Muamba's progress in intensive care, said a full recovery was a possibility but remained hesitant on whether the footballer could return to play for his club. Insisting there remained many "unknowns," he added: "It's a testament to his progress that we can even think of asking that question now. At one end of that spectrum is a normal life.
The player was given a routine screening for heart defects in August and was checked again on Sunday, with the test producing a "normal" result, medics said. The player could eventually be fitted with a pacemaker-type device, implanted under the skin, to act as a safety net in the event of another cardiac arrest. That's what the defibrillator provides. Dr Tobin said: "His family are fine. His father and fiancee have been unbelievably strong throughout this They've been incredible.
But the Tottenham players, who stopped their game after Muamba's sudden collapse, were "very upset" and were being offered extra cardiac screening and counselling. Dr Mughal said: "The players obviously witnessed a very traumatic event
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