The Kansas City Chiefs’ voluntary organized team activities practice was rescheduled for Friday afternoon due to a medical emergency that occurred at their training facility on Thursday morning. A league source stated that a backup defensive lineman suffered a seizure during a special teams meeting and subsequently went into cardiac arrest.
A team source said that the player was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital and that his status is stable.
The team source stated that sports trainers and team physicians were able to attend to the athlete right away when the incident arose.
Due to a medical situation, the Chiefs have canceled their open reporter OTA practice scheduled for today. A backup player was reportedly transported to a nearby hospital by ambulance. He is in a stable state.
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute defines cardiac arrest as the heart’s abrupt cessation of blood pumping. Blood stops flowing to the brain and other vital organs when this happens.
The heart stops beating abruptly and goes out of rhythm during cardiac arrest. The individual ceases breathing, loses consciousness, and has no longer got a pulse.
In contrast to a heart attack, cardiac arrest is brought on by an electrical disruption that impairs the heart’s ability to pump blood throughout the body, eventually halting blood flow. The heart is not blocked in any way.
The session on Thursday was scheduled to be open to reporters; it was the last one before the team’s required minicamp the following week. Coach Andy Reid is anticipated to be accessible to media to give an update on the issue if the Chiefs practice on Friday.
We will update this article when new information becomes available.
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