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Doctors urge people to learn CPR after Bronny James suffers cardiac arrest
Triangle-area doctors and sports coaches are sharing how Bronny James' suffering a cardiac arrest provides another teachable moment.
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Triangle-area doctors and sports coaches are sharing how Bronny James' suffering a cardiac arrest provides another teachable moment.
ON THOSE RESULTS, DESTINY. PATTERSON, WRAL, NEWS EDGECOMBE COUNTY. >> IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHED AS BUFFALO BILLS SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST DURING AN NFL GAME. NOW ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE ATHLETE BRONNY JAMES, THE SON OF LEBRON JAMES IS HOSPITALIZED, ASKED AFTER ALSO SUFFERING CARDIAC ARREST DURING A WORKOUT AT USC WRAL'S. BRETT KNESE JOINS US LIVE AFTER TALKING WITH A LOCAL COACH. A DOCTOR WHO SAYS THIS COULD BE ANOTHER TEACHABLE MOMENT. BRETT? YEAH, ACTUALLY, THEY SAY IT'S A TEACHABLE MOMENT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT LEARNING CPR IS IN CASE YOU'RE EVER AT A FIELD LIKE THIS ONE AND SOMEONE ELSE SUFFERS A CARDIAC ARREST. >> THE NEWS OF LEBRON JAMES'S SON BRONNY SUFFERING CARDIAC ARREST AT PRACTICE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY QUICKLY, A FRIEND OF MINE TEXTED ME THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I WHAT CURRENT ARRESTS, MARNI J LITTLE FIRST. THE CELEBRANTS AND SO THAT I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHICH WOULD AND ANY SAID, BRIAN DOLLARS, OH, WOW, THAT SAINT AUGUSTINE'S HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH CHUCKY BROWN. HE SAYS AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS HAS HIM AND OTHER COACHES THINKING TWICE ABOUT HOW HARD THEY PUSH THEIR ATHLETES. THINK IT'S A SCARY THING IN JUST LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, KNOWING. >> A GUY LIKE THAT. HAS, YOU KNOW, LIMITED RESOURCES AND FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO HIM, IT'S LIKE LET'S LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN HERE. SO I THINK ABOUT HOW HARD. >> THESE ATHLETES, BECAUSE WE DO PUSH HIM, WHICH IS WHY DOCTORS AT DUKE ARE PUSHING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ATHLETES AND THEIR HEARTS. >> A LOT OF ATHLETES WHO HAVE A LOT OF FUNCTION ABILITY AND WITHIN THEM VERY INFREQUENTLY. SOMEBODY HAS ONE OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN. DOCTOR MANISH PATEL IS THE HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY AT DUKE. HE SAYS THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE WAYS TO DETECT UNDERLYING CONDITIONS IN ATHLETES AND THEY LEAD TO AN EVENT LIKE A CARDIAC ARREST. THANKFULLY, IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE, IT'S NOT A NEVER OCCURRENCES. WE'VE SEEN THAT SWIPE. A TELLS COLLEAGUES ARE RESEARCHING WAYS TO IMPROVE CARDIAC ARREST. SURVIVAL RATES. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC ARREST, TREATED WITH BYSTANDER CPR AND EARLY DIFFERENT RELATIONS ARE LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT PASSED TO WAYS AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH GRANTS FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TO GET PEOPLE CPR AND AT A FASTER RATE IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. >> FRANK JAMES IS STILL IN HOSPITAL TONIGHT, BUT HE IS OUT OF THE ICU. EVERYONE THAT I SPOKE WITH TODAY. JUST GRATEFUL THAT HE'S RECOVERING. ACTUALLY, THE FAMILY SAY HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. OF COURSE, EVERYBODY HOPING THAT HE GETS A FULL