The world came to a standstill last Saturday in the face of shocking images during Denmark’s Euro debut against Finland, when midfielder Christian Eriksen went to receive a pass and vanished on the pitch.
Once they observed the situation, the players quickly asked for the help of the doctors showing that the situation was dire by waving their arms and showing desperate to get their partner back.
At that moment they arrived on the scene lThe doctors of the Danish National Team, Morten and Anders Boesen who took over and through a heart massage and the use of defibrillators managed to save the life of the Inter Milan player.
Morten Boesen at a conference explaining the succession with Eriksen. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
“They called us as soon as Christian fell – I didn’t see him, but it was pretty clear that he lost consciousness,” Morten explained in a conference call.
And he added: “When we got to him he was on his side: he was breathing and I took his pulse. But suddenly there were no more beats and we began the cardiac massage. The help of the medical staff came very quickly and with their collaboration we were able to do what we had. what to do. We have begun to intervene to keep him alive. Luckily he clung to life. “
The doctors came to the National Team in 2019. EFE / EPA / Thomas Sjoerup DENMARK OUT
The Athletic medium revealed curious information about the doctors in charge of saving Eriksen since they are brothers, they work together in Copenhagen and they were a professional badminton couple. Even one of them, Anders, reached number 3 in the ranking of this sport.
In any case, those days in which they shared a badminton team were long gone since they decided to leave their career in sport to dedicate themselves to medicine and began to work at the Copenhagen club in 2004 and in 2019 they arrived at the National Team of their country.
Regarding the evolution of Christian’s health, his agent, Martin Schoots, gave details to the Italian media La Gazzetta dello Sport about his conversation with the footballer: “He was joking, because he was in a good mood. I found him fine, but we all want to understand what happened to him, he wants to do it too. That is why doctors are conducting in-depth examinations. It will take time”.
And he concluded: “I was happy, because he understood how much love there is around. Messages have reached him from all over the world. And he was particularly impressed by how everyone at Inter reacted. Not only the teammates he heard through the chat, but also the fans. Christian will not give up. He and his family want to thank everyone for the support he received ”.
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