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/
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