A Research Study On Sudden Death Young Competitive Athletes

Not many people can handle the intense heat. It was time for the start of the summer Olympics. The 100 km team race and a runner by the name of Knut Jensen. He is up to run and then mid-way through the race he begins to get tired and falls down bouncing his head off the ground. All of the athletic trainers run to him to help him. The impact from his head hitting the ground killed him. There was nothing they could do. They ran some tests to see why he had collapsed, the olympic committee figured it would be due to the intense heat. The autopsy later found out that Jensen had died because he used Ronicol, a type of steroid. This tragedy would make this the second person to die during the olympics the first person was a marathon runner who died from heat exhaustion (Historical

The Sports Medicine field focuses on helping athletes improve their athletic performance, recover from injury, and prevent future injuries. This fast-growing healthcare field affords healthcare workers who specialize in Sports Medicine the opportunity to help many non-athletes as well as athletes. In order to be seen and treated by a Sports Medicine physician, the patient is not required to be any type of athlete. Sports Medicine professionals treat people who participate in sports for their

Imagine having to attend to a loved one because of their horrific state of health after a colossal impact they sustained. This unfortunately is the reality for many worldwide. Athletes are experiencing many internal injuries such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and Concussions. Although the majority of people understand the risks of participating in sports, they fail to realize just how common athletes are diagnosed with these fatal diseases. The safety of athletes is now being put to question.

Many athletes are particularly trusting with regards to performance boosters because many of them are desperate to be the best at their respective sport. At the professional level, where athletes must perform well to keep their jobs, many are desperate to do whatever it takes to continue to compete. In their book Death in the Locker Room, authors Bob Goldman, Patricia Bush, and Ronald Klatz discuss this immense pressure that athletes feel to use these drugs. These authors explain how players often place this pressure on themselves because of an overwhelming desire to become famous, adored athletes. To investigate this urge, Goldman and his colleagues performed a study on 198 elite athletes, where the authors asked the athletes if they

Athletes have always known their risks but chose to play anyway because they love playing the game. Associations and administrators in the sports world need to take a step back and consider the athletes in each situation before they take away the game many people have grown to love. Athletes

Due to numerous etiologies that will lead to cardiac arrest there is a potential for variable mortality reporting and therefore it is conceivable this number is misrepresented. A more accurate estimation of the burden of cardiac arrests can be elucidated from ROC data where the incidence of EMS-treated OHCA was found to be 73.0 individuals per 100,000 population (95% CI, 71.2–74.7) for adults and 7.3 per 100,000 population (95% CI, 6.3–8.3) for children <18 years old (heart disease and stroke). As compared to an overall incidence rate, individuals who have received treatment by EMS have the most potential for survival as this excludes arrest events where signs of obvious death were present, or a DNR was in place. An Oregon-based study extrapolated a national risk-adjusted incidence of sudden cardiac death, due to a cardiac etiology to be 60 per 100,000 population (95% CI, 54–66) with a premature death burden for men of 2.04 million (95% CI, 1.86 – 2.23 million) and women 1.29 million years of potential life lost (95% CI, 1.13 – 1.45 million). (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24610738). The CARES data report from 2005-2010 provides insight into the demographics of OHCA due to cardiac etiologies and their survival rates (see table 1). Mean socioeconomic status of the region was found to be a significant indicator of increased incidence of sudden cardiac arrest, with a two- to fourfold greater incidence in regions in the lowest economic quartile compared to the highest quartile in the US among people less than 65 years old (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193117/). The previous studies do not allow for a complete representation of the mortality that results from cardiac arrest due to selective populations studied. There is a clear necessity for

In his poem “To an Athlete Dying Young”, A.E. Housman makes a quite different approach on death. People have different perspectives on death, but more often than not, it is viewed as an undesirable event that people wish to avoid. The speaker in the poem, however, praises a young and famous athlete for dying before he became old and forgotten. This can be interpreted two very different ways. One can assume Housman believes that the only way for athletes to capture the glory is to die when at the peak of their careers. One might criticize him for having such a pessimistic view of life, but we must realize that we are among many people who give those athletes the feeling of disgrace as they are no

Participation in high intensity sporting activities is widely considered to be a contributor to positive cardiac health. However, for a portion of the athletic population, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) poses a serious risk (Chatard, Mujika, Goiriena, & Carre, 2016). Although considered rare with estimates of one death every three days in the United States (Pigozzi, Rizzo, & Maffulli, 2009), the impact of the often-fatal event resonates through society due to the young age of the athlete and the immediacy of the decline of the perceived healthy person (Chatard et al., 2016).

“Each year, 326,200 people in the U.S. experience EMS-assessed out-of-hospital non-traumatic sudden cardiac arrest, and nine out of ten victims die.” (www.sca-aware.org 1) This number may seem quite low, but in the end one out of ten lives saved is still better than none.

A similar accidental case occurred in the soccer field and famous sportsman Anthony Van Loo fainted in the field because of his pre-existing heart condition. Anthony experienced the devastating moment in his life and he could not continue with his football career further due to the incident.

Sudden death in athletes is difficult to diagnose because only a small percentage of athletes present problems and symptoms. According to one study just 21% of 48 athletes who died of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy related sudden death had previous signs or symptoms of cardiac disease (chest pain, exertional dyspnea, syncope, dizziness) before death (Koester, 2001). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy affects many components of the heart. In hypertrophic

Youth sports is well know if you got a younger kid or teenager that like sports or trying to be in good shape it is god for them to play sports at a younger age. Youth sports is really dangerous but most kids like to play it all over the world. Youth sports is young teenagers or younger kids that play sports for a youth. Yuth sports are very dangerous many kids and teeagers get injured by playing sports. Kid and teenagers get injured because they play sports all year around. But it’s good that younger people play sports at a young age because it will help them be more active in the long run. Proponents believe youth sports have benefits such as help kids be in shape teaches them how to be a leader and let them have fun playing a sport that they love. while opponents say they are dangerous because there are over millions of kids who get hurt by play contact youth sports.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sudden death occurs due to cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest may be the first symptom of coronary artery disease and may occur without any symptoms or warning signs. Other causes of sudden death include drowning, suffocation, electrocution, drug overdose, trauma (such as automobile accidents), and stroke. Drowning, suffocation, and drug overdose usually cause respiratory arrest which in turn cause cardiac arrest. Trauma may cause sudden death by severe injury to the heart and brain, or by severe blood loss. Stroke causes damage to the brain which can cause respiratory arrest and/or cardiac arrest.

Without early intervention on average 360,000 people out of the hospital succumb to cardiac arrest. “ Cardiac arrest and sudden death account for 60 percent of all deaths from coronary artery disease”,(Bledsoe, Porter, & Cherry, 2011,2007,2004, p. 1229)There are several causes of sudden cardiac arrest. Most are caused by ventricular fibrillation. “During ventricular fibrillation, the ventricles do not beat normally. Instead they quiver rapidly and irregularly.” When this occurs, the heart pumps very little and blood does not get circulated throughout the body. “ Most of the cases found with sudden cardiac death are related to undetected cardiovascular disease.("Sudden Cardiac Death," 2015, para. 2)Sudden cardiac arrest are immediate and drastic that includes sudden collapse, no pulse, not breathing, and loss of consciousness. “Four rhythms produce pulseless cardiac arrest: ventricular fibrillation, rapid ventricular tachycardia, pulseless electrical activity and asystole.”("Circulation ," 2005, p. IV-58)Other signs and symptoms that could occur prior to sudden cardiac arrest, include fatigue,

This case study discusses the risks that comes with the Olympics. For many years, the Olympic games have been a part of history and the culture of many nations. Lots of us wish we can do what these amazing athletes do and represent our country with good faith and intentions.