A Utah State University football player collapsed during practice and had to be revived and transported by ambulance to nearby Logan Regional Hospital yesterday, the Daily Caller reported.
Teammates and others kneeled as at least nine first responders worked to revive the player. His identity and current condition were not immediately released.
The headline comes at a time when similar headlines seem to have become more common, fueling concerns among some that healthy-seeming people may be at greater risk for sudden health emergencies, especially of a cardiac nature, than previously believed.
Utah’s KUTV Channel 2 provided an update during this writing: Utah State football player Josh Davis has been upgraded from critical to fair condition after having suffered sudden cardiac arrest.
Davis initially was stabilized at Logan Regional Hospital before being transferred to the McKay-Dee Hospital ICU in Ogden where he was tended to by the critical care team.
He was treated with therapeutic hypothermia, lowering his body temperature to preserve his neurological function. He has since “been taken off of life-sustaining medical devices and is breathing on his own,” according to Utah’s KUTV Channel 2.
“Davis’ parents, Matt and Chrissy, arrived in Utah Thursday evening and were met by the Utah State Team Physician Dr. David G. Liddle, Interim Athletics Director Jerry Bovee, Head Football Coach Blake Anderson and Athletic Trainer Kendra Gilmore,” read a statement released on Twitter by the team.
In a photo accompanying the statement, Davis can be seen giving a thumbs-up from what appears to be an ICU bed, surrounded by those smiling supporters.
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