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Athletico Center Life Saving Staff

By FC1 Academy, 02/07/18, 1:45PM CST

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15 year old male travel soccer player collapsed onto field during competition.  Spectator pediatrician Dr. Rebecca Newman of Glenview dashed onto field to help.  She reported no femoral pulse/no carotid pulse and began chest compressions.  Former firefighter Athletico Center General Manager Dana Plotkin (CPR/AED certified) performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and Operations Director Tania Nightingale (CPR/AED certified) applied AED delivering 3 shocks.  

Northbrook Fire Rescue was summoned and took over CPR/AED upon arrival.  Patient was transported by ambulance to Glenbrook Hospital, and then, to Lutheran General Pediatric ICU.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/WEB-young-child-collapses-at-soccer-game-472235043.html

http://abc7chicago.com/health/teen-soccer-player-saved-by-good-samaritans-in-northbrook/3020496/