A seventh grade student from Massachusetts suffered two cardiac arrest episodes last week and is currently in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Via the Western Journal:
Nevaeh Vieira complained of chest pain before collapsing in her mother’s bedroom, WGGB-TV reported.
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Her mother, Krissy, started CPR before the ambulance arrived, an act that likely saved her daughter’s life, Dr. John Kelley told the news station.
After Nevaeh Vieira spent four days in a medically induced coma, her mother said she is expected to make a full recovery! https://t.co/1kJUy1GaOP
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“Having an immediate response like that within minutes of the event is absolutely crucial,” Kelley told WGGB. “If you have no circulation to the brain for five minutes or more, it’s very unlikely you’re going to get the person back.”
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Nevaeh was in a medically induced coma for four days, but is now awake.
She suffered some minor brain damage from a stroke she sustained from a lack of oxygen, but is expected to make a full recovery, WGGB reported.
The Massachusetts case is just one of many recent examples of children suffering injury or death due to cardiac incidents.
Nevaeh Vieira’s case is just one example of children suffering injury or death from cardiac episodes.
What’s also interesting is the cause of these incidents in children and young adults always seems to be unknown and under investigation yet we never hear the results from said investigations.
