Eken urges FIFA to train players on heart issues

Agent of the late Cameroonian footballer, Patrick Ekeng, has urged FIFA to train all players regarding the treatment of heart related issues.

Hasan Anil Eken represented the late Ekeng who died due to cardiac arrest last year, and believes training players could prove crucial in a battle to save a player’s life.

Ekeng died in May 2016 whilst playing for Dinamo Bucharest in Romania and the ambulance that treated him had no defibrillator.

FIFA argues that SCA victims have a success rate of 90% for resuscitation if correctly treated within two minutes.

This involves using an automatic external defibrillator (AED), a device that sends a powerful electric shock to a heart to try to restore its natural rhythm.