A 12-year-old girl suffered a cardiac arrest while training with the Arizona Arsenal youth football team in the United States on Thursday.
Piper Midkiff from the US state of Arizona was rescued by the mother of a teammate who performed resuscitation maneuvers, according to a British newspaper. daily mail.
The moment of disaster happened 20 minutes after the start of training. The young woman’s father, Matt Midkiff, who coached a nearby team, immediately went to the scene as soon as he received a call to inform him of his daughter’s condition.
The girl, who was resuscitated by her colleague’s mother before the ambulance arrived, lost her pulse again on the way to the nearest hospital. The young woman was eventually airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Now the girl is stable and on the mend.
A few days later, Piper Midkiff’s father told local media that his daughter had a genetic disorder that had still not been diagnosed.