Athletic trainer's quick diagnosis of injury saves football player's life
Being a receiver on the Melbourne (Florida) High School football team meant everything to 18-year-old Ryan Cabrera, but an injury on the field put his life in jeopardy.
맥스카지노That is the moment that I just folded, and my body kinda went into shock,맥스카지노 Cabrera said.
He was hit hard after signaling a fair catch during a playoff game on Nov. 18.
맥스카지노I felt like I could not breathe, and I felt that my throat was closing, so I was freaking out,맥스카지노 Cabrera said.
Cabrera's spleen was ruptured.
It was a diagnosis the team맥스카지노s athletic trainer made on the field even before the paramedics assessed his injury.
맥스카지노She basically saved my life on that field because I read an article about another high school football player that ruptured his spleen. And they did not know he ruptured his spleen and on the bus on the way home, he unfortunately died,맥스카지노 Cabrera said.
Christine Clancy is a Certified Athletic Trainer with Health First and also works with Brevard Public Schools. She is humbled by saving Cabrera맥스카지노s life and prefers to focus on the importance of training and teamwork for everybody who맥스카지노s on the field during game day.
맥스카지노They맥스카지노re such good people. And I consider those kids like my kids, so we are just a big family and when you see one of them go down, they say that you saved his life, it맥스카지노s just really overwhelming,맥스카지노 Clancy said.
While on the field with Cabrera, she ruled out several possibilities and then, 맥스카지노I said, you kn
ow, 'I think this is more serious and we really need to get you to the hospital,'맥스카지노 Clancy said.
It's music to the ears of a grateful mother.
맥스카지노So knowing that she맥스카지노s there and she맥스카지노s going to run out to the field and assess them makes me feel a little bit more comfortable,맥스카지노 said Stephanie Cabrera, Ryan's mother.
Ryan Cabrera is hoping he can find the right college, one where he can learn to be a welder and walk back out on the field and continue playing the game he loves so much.
맥스카지노That day could have been my last, and it just changes my life on how I do things every day,맥스카지노 Cabrera said.