Young man suffers sudden cardiac arrest while working out at the gym

A 20-year-old man in Hanoi was working out at the gym when he suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness. Gym staff performed CPR and called 115 for emergency help.

On the morning of August 4, according to information from E Hospital, after 15 minutes of receiving the call, 115 emergency staff arrived at the scene to continue CPR on the victim and gave the young man three defibrillator shocks, then his heart started beating again. Immediately, the young man was transferred to the Emergency Department, E Hospital.

E Hospital has activated the hospital-wide “red alert” procedure with the participation of many doctors from many specialties gathered at the Emergency Department to wait for the patient to arrive.

The young man was brought in in a comatose state, Glasgow score 5, dilated pupils... The patient was intubated, given sedatives, anti-cerebral edema drugs and transferred to the Department of Internal Medicine Intensive Care and Anti-Poison.

A young man was saved by doctors at E Hospital after his sudden cardiac arrest.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Ly - Department of Internal Medicine Intensive Care and Anti-Poisoning assessed this as a serious case with a poor prognosis, so the doctors continued to actively resuscitate and prescribed the command hypothermia technique.

After 3 days of fighting for the young man's life, fortunately, the young man's consciousness improved and he no longer needed to use vasopressors, could breathe on his own, and the endotracheal tube could be removed.

According to doctors, fortunately the young man received emergency care early, his cardiac arrest time before being admitted to the hospital was short and he received immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation, so his recovery was relatively good.

Dr. Vu Van Ba - Department of Adult Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, E Hospital said that some dangerous arrhythmias, although they do not have previous symptoms but are the cause of cardiac arrest, include Brugada syndrome, long QT syndrome, early repolarization syndrome, or right ventricular cardiomyopathy... This is a group of diseases mainly related to genetic abnormalities, which can only be detected early through cardiovascular screening...

According to Dr. Vu Van Ba, the male patient will continue to receive resuscitation treatment through the dangerous stage, then be examined for any abnormalities (cardiovascular, neurological, metabolic, etc.). It is expected that this young man will be implanted with an automatic defibrillator (ICD) to prevent sudden death for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation before being discharged from the hospital.

Doctors recommend that sudden cardiac arrest can occur at any age and in any gender. Although physical activity is necessary, it depends on each age and health condition to apply appropriate exercise methods, should not exercise too hard. Need to have a healthy lifestyle, avoid stress, appropriate diet. In particular, when there are signs of chest pain, lasting more than 10-15 minutes, pain causing respiratory arrest, need to go to the hospital immediately for timely emergency care.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/y-te/nam-thanh-nien-tre-ngung-tim-dot-ngot-khi-dang-tap-gym-i776938/