Soccer Player 'Dead' for 78 Minutes After Cardiac Arrest

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The soccer player who suffered a cardiac arrest during an English FA Cup match last weekend was essentially dead for 78 minutes before his heart began beating again, his doctors have revealed.

Fabrice Muamba, a midfielder for the Bolton Wanderers, collapsed on the field 41 minutes into the match. Responders administered CPR and a total of 15 shocks with an AED as well as drug injections during the ambulance ride to the hospital. He failed to respond to the defibrillator shocks and drugs during the 48 minutes between his collapse and arrival at the hospital, and only after another half hour of attention were doctors able to get his heart beating normally.

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