The recent increase in the number of accidents on the field of sports that have led to on-field deaths has prompted FIFA to come up with something that will help tackle such freakish happenings in a more advanced way.
According to a report in FIFA.com, keeping the above occurrences in mind, a new campaign has been launched to help identify and treat sudden illness or sudden cardiac arrest, which is also known as SCA, on the pitch. Hopefully the new application will be the inaugural step towards saving lives in times of need or emergency. The name of the campaign is 'Play Safe' (Juega Seguro) and the initiative is promoted by MAPFRE Foundation and, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Ripoll & De Prado Sport Clinic from Spain.
The campaign is all set to commence in Madrid, Spain, on the 3rd of December with the CPR11 mobile application launch and in a great move to increase awareness a video promoting the campaign involves individuals from the game who have gone through such a traumatic experience during their careers. The involvement of Real Madrid and Spain defender Sergio Ramos along with coaches like Jose Antonio Camacho will add value to the initiative.
The purpose of creating an application like CPR11 is to give users a guide on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR. There are 11 steps in the application that offers a plan with clear and definitive instructions on how to give compressions and ventilations correctly. Not only that, it will also give information on how to handle an automatic external defibrillator, also known as AED and if the need arises, how to transfer the player.
The text and voice messages in the 11 short videos will help recognise SCA and to meet the purpose of starting resuscitation manoeuvres in the first couple of minutes and quick defibrillation in the initial three minutes after a player has collapsed. The application is user friendly and has been specifically used to address some of the precise characteristics of SCA cases during contact sports like soccer and keeping into account the requirement of special care of the cervical spine while handling the player.
CPR is more of a user manual which is intended to help or give quick attention to the anyone starting from players, coaches to referees or even spectators. The intention is to reach out to as many people and if it can save even one life, then the purpose is served.
The app has been designed by specialists from Ripoll & De Prado Sport Clinic & FIFA/F-MARC and has been endorsed by the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES) and is part of the comprehensive prevention programme for the appropriate management of SCA / SCD and other serious field of play medical emergencies developed by FIFA/F-MARC.
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