LONDON, 8 June (dpa/EP) –
NFL Kansas City Chiefs player BJ Thompson is “on the right track” and “awake” after suffering a seizure and cardiac arrest in a team meeting last Thursday.
Rick Burkholder, vice president of sports medicine and performance for the Chiefs, told reporters that Thompson, 25, “only suffered cardiac arrest for less than a minute and a half” and that he was initially heavily sedated and on life support. a respirator after the incident.
“He’s going in the right direction. He’s alert, awake. He’s recovering quite well. Our players, our security staff, everyone involved, coaches and staff, were phenomenal in handling the crisis,” he said.
Coach Andy Reid acknowledged that they are living in “a difficult situation.” We’ve been through a couple of those before in my time and it’s never, ever fun. Thank God, it’s okay. If it were to happen, there’s no better place than here, where you have a support unit that knows what to do,” he told Fox4KC.com.