As the campaign to win the Premier League begins, sporting stadiums across the country are going to become busier. Stadium officials are responsible for ensuring they're equipped for every eventuality, including cardiac arrest.

Do you know if your team’s sporting stadium is heart safe?

Sports and Cardiac Arrest

Cardiac arrest strikes at any time and in any place, therefore athletes - footballers included - are still susceptible of falling victim to cardiac arrest.

The strain during exercise causes too much strain on the muscle, causing the heart to beat in an irregular rhythm that requires a corrective shock from a defibrillator. Unlike other cardiac events, no one is immune to cardiac arrest and there are no prior symptoms.

Cardiac arrest victims are reliant on bystander intervention and the location having a readily available defibrillator. A victim's survival chance decreases 10% per minute without treatment and with the size and capacity of a stadium, it is essential the team’s medical staff and the stands are readily equipped to deliver the treatment if needed.

Most Heart Safe Stadium?

Statistics revealed Brighton and Hove Football Club’s AMEX Stadium to be the safest arena in the world to suffer a cardiac arrest.

All five cardiac arrest victims have survived due to the readily available defibrillators and medical staff on hand.

If other sporting stadiums followed suit, the cardiac arrest survival statistics would significantly improve.

Heart Safe Sporting Stadium

As sporting stadiums become busier the chance of someone falling victim to cardiac arrest increases. Delivering treatment within 3-5 minutes of them collapsing significantly increases their survival chance.

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