{"id":84762,"date":"2021-06-13T15:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T15:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=84762"},"modified":"2021-06-13T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T23:59:08","slug":"he-was-gone-eriksens-heart-stopped-doctor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=84762","title":{"rendered":"&#039;He was gone&#039;: Eriksen&#039;s heart stopped, doctor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denmark&#x27;s team doctor says Christian Eriksen&#x27;s heart stopped and &quot;he was gone&quot; before being resuscitated with a defibrillator at the European Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen collapsed during Denmark&#x27;s opening Euro 2020 group game against Finland on Saturday and was given lengthy medical treatment before regaining consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He was gone. And we did cardiac resuscitation. And it was cardiac arrest,&quot; said team doctor Morten Boesen, who led the work in giving Eriksen treatment on the field. &quot;How close were we? I don&#x27;t know. We got him back after one defib. That&#x27;s quite fast.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/uefa-euro-2020-christian-ericksen-simon-kjaer\/1afe0dfc-0f7a-4485-afcd-c14a20101a70\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Absolute hero&#x27; Denmark captain Simon Kjaer&#x27;s leadership praised after Christian Eriksen&#x27;s collapse\"><strong>&#x27;Denmark captain Simon Kjaer&#x27;s praised as<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/uefa-euro-2020-christian-ericksen-simon-kjaer\/1afe0dfc-0f7a-4485-afcd-c14a20101a70\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Absolute hero&#x27; Denmark captain Simon Kjaer&#x27;s leadership praised after Christian Eriksen&#x27;s collapse\"><strong>&#x27;absolute hero&#x27;<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/uefa-euro-2020-christian-ericksen-simon-kjaer\/1afe0dfc-0f7a-4485-afcd-c14a20101a70\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"&#x27;Absolute hero&#x27; Denmark captain Simon Kjaer&#x27;s leadership praised after Christian Eriksen&#x27;s collapse\"><strong>after Christian Eriksen&#x27;s collapse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a783141b-9968-4e03-a4d9-6bd17771a020\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a783141b-9968-4e03-a4d9-6bd17771a020\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4668\" data-height=\"2626\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eriksen was in a stable condition at a Copenhagen hospital and had spoken to teammates via video link on Sunday, team officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Boesen said it was still unclear what caused the midfielder&#x27;s collapse.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m not (a) cardiologist, so the details about why it happened and further, I will leave to the experts,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the 29-year-old Eriksen may not have survived had the game not been played at a major soccer tournament with top-class medical equipment at hand.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was completely decisive, I think,&quot; Boesen said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The time from when it happens to when he receives help is the critical factor, and that time was short. That was decisive.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said when he spoke to Eriksen, the Inter Milan midfielder was more concerned about his teammates&#x27; wellbeing than his own.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He said &#x27;I don&#x27;t remember much but I&#x27;m more concerned about you guys. How are you doing?&#x27;&quot; Hjulmand said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s typical Christian. \u2026 It was good to see him smile.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Danish players and team staff were being given crisis management assistance as they processed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksen fell face-forward to the ground late in the first half and his teammates formed a protective circle around him while the medics gave him treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The game was suspended for about 90 minutes before resuming. Finland won 1-0 after scoring in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark cancelled a planned training session on Sunday but Hjulmand said they would try to go back to their normal routines on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted the players were determined to finish the tournament, with Denmark playing Belgium next in Group B on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Denmark&#x27;s team doctor says Christian Eriksen&#x27;s heart stopped and &quot;he was gone&quot; before being resuscitated with a defibrillator at the European Championship. 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