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Support unit aids cardiac victims
Crossword Puzzle
By Charles Johnson
A middle-aged fan, fortified with a few
pre-game drinks, climbs the Memorial Stadium
steps to his scat and cheers the Big Red on to
another victory.
Suddently, due to the excitement and
unaccustomed stress, he collapses. At this
point, the Nebraska Life Support Unit rushes
into action.
As an ambulance team arrives with a
stretcher and oxygen, the Red Cross workers
administer basic life support, which includes
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac
compression.
The stretcher is carried down to the track
and wheeled to the northwest corner of the
stadium. Once there, the Mobile Heart Team
takes over and gives whatever aid is needed. The
patient should start breathing after an electric
shock treatment, if all goes well.
The Nebraska Life Support Unit is a
voluntary unit on duty at all home football
games to provide emergency cardiopulmonary
care.
Dr. Samuel Fuenning, University Health
Center Director, coordinates the entire effort
through the health center. The unit's purpose is
to provide emergency care for anyone who is ill
or injured, but it is specifically designed for
people who experience heart trouble, according
to Dr. Fuenning.
The unit has succeeded well in stopping
deaths due to heart failure during football
games. In the eight years of its operation, 1 1
out of 12 people who collapsed because of
heart attacks or strokes have been resuscitated,
according to Dr. Stephen Carveth, director of
unit personnel on duty at the stadium.
Eight to 10 people visit it each game for first
aid, according to Carveth. They may be
suffering from minor cuts or headaches.
The Life Support Unit looks after three to
five people a game who have fainted for a
variety of causes. Carveth said about one person
every two games is treated for a heart or lung
emergency.
Based on the average of one
cardiopulmonary collapse per 120,000 fans at
UNL games, Carveth estimated that 150-175
people develop a cardiopulmonary emergency
at university games around the country each
season. ' -
He said 400,000 people die each year in the
United States due to a sudden heart stoppage
outside a hospital. "Our 1 1 c Jt of 12 average of
resuscitation is very good," Carveth said.
Although the Student Health Center
coordinates the unit, it is a community effort.
Carveth, a Lincoln heart surgeon, Dr. Herb
Reese or Dr. Robert Buchman is on duty at
each game to head the operation.
Involved in the Life Support Unit are the
Red Cross, Lincoln Mobile Heart Unit, Bryan
Hospital Cardiovascular Unit, Boy Scouts,
Lincoln Police Dept. and the health center
staff.
Since everything is voluntary, the only
expense to the University of Nebraska is $1,182
worth of complimentary tickets for the
personnel each season. All equipment is loaned
each fall by Bryan Memorial Hospital.
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