Christian Eriksen fell on the field during the Danish European Championship premiere.
A year after cardiac arrest, national team doctor Morten Posen still remembers the drama.
– You’re thinking: “It never happened to me.” But it is, he says in an interview with Hjärtuopproret.
No one has forgotten the bad scenes when Christian Eriksen She collapsed on the field during the European Championship premiere against Finland. One of those who saved his life was the Danish national team doctor Morten Possen.
Although he had had many heart attacks before, he wasn’t ready for that to happen here and there.
– I didn’t immediately think it was a cardiac arrest. You are not exactly ready for this situation. Even if you know in theory it could happen, it’s not the first thing you think. At first I thought he had a ball in his head, says Buzyn and continues:
– But I think: “It never happened to me,” but it happens. I wasn’t ready. But soon I realized what it was, and then you have to start with what you learned.
“afraid”
Powensen had previously said that Eriksen “has been dead for a while”. Had help not come as quickly as it did, it would have ended badly.
– I have no doubt that what saved Christian was the pacemaker, says Buzyn, who is often reminded of the accident.
– I think about it with joy, of course, how it went. But one also thinks ‘what if it doesn’t go as it happened’. You can be afraid of that. How would one react after that? I don’t know. I feel like they left traces, but you can address them by talking about them.
The purpose of the heart attack is to increase awareness and knowledge about sudden cardiac arrest. Read more about the initiative here.
