Need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in the sport of soccer

In Spain there are around 25,000 cardiac arrests, many of them in the presence of non-medical personnel. In less than 25% of the cardio-respiratory arrests witnessed, witnesses began cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Soccer is a contact sport with multiple physical characteristics and requirements whic...

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Published inEnfermeria clinica Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 165
Main Authors Guerra-Martín, María Dolores, Martínez-Montilla, José Manuel, Amador-Marín, Bárbara
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.05.2016
Subjects
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Heart Arrest
Humans
Soccer
Spain
Sports
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Fútbol
Defibrillators
Desfibriladores
Soccer
Formación continuada
Education, Continuing
Resucitación cardiopulmonar
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Summary:In Spain there are around 25,000 cardiac arrests, many of them in the presence of non-medical personnel. In less than 25% of the cardio-respiratory arrests witnessed, witnesses began cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Soccer is a contact sport with multiple physical characteristics and requirements which pushes your body to the limit, thus leading to a higher chance of developing multiple lesions, including cardio-respiratory arrest. Therefore, our goal was to know the actual situation on training in basic life support in soccer. A literature review was performed on different databases both national (IME, CUIDEN, ENCUENTR@, ENFERMERÍA AL DÍA, ISOC) and international (PUBMED, SCOPUS, CINAHL), with different MESH descriptors related to the topic. A total of 395 references were identified. 17 studies were selected; 8 of them had like main theme cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the remaining 9 spoke on the use of semi-automatic defibrillators. There is a lack of research on this topic in soccer. This strikes our attention because in this area there could be situations requiring immediate rescue action. Therefore, we emphasize the importance of early cardio-respiratory resuscitation because training in basic life support and semi-automatic defibrillators in soccer are fundamental.
ISSN:1579-2013
DOI:10.1016/j.enfcli.2015.05.004