The Florentine edition of Republic proposes ainterview with Simone Vanni, professor of internal and emergency medicine in Florence and director of the specialization school in sports medicine at the Tuscan universityfollowing the illness that occurred last night to Edoardo Bove in the 17th minute of Fiorentina-Inter: “It is a cardiological event. If the defibrillator was used, there was an irregular heart rhythm, which needed to be treated with that instrument. player may have had one of two deadly cardiac arrhythmias, or ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, problems that can eliminate the heart’s ability to pump.”
Doctor Vanni then focused on the “case” of the ambulancewhich at Franchi shocked the players on the pitch as it did not immediately enter the pitch: “It doesn’t mean anything where the emergency vehicle was, however close it was. The important fact is that within four minutes the player was placed on the vehicle. And then the treatment can start outside, with the defibrillator. Intervening quickly is very important. Every minute that passes, if there is a cardiac arrest, mortality increases by 10 percent. Timely and correct use of the defibrillator is essential.” .
Time passes and a car arrives and stops in front of the officers and a man asks to go up the ramps intended for ambulances: “I have to download the data from the footballer’s defibrillator”. When the first bulletin is released, which excludes acute damage to the nervous and cardio-respiratory systems, faces seem to become a little more relaxed. “One of us,” says a fan almost softly, with modesty. The players stand aside, away from the cameras, going back and forth in small groups. Another fan observes the scene from a distance, with the air of not wanting to disturb: “He’s a boy, he’s only twenty-two years old, he needs to recover. We’re all with him.” Yet another fan, Fabio, says: “We were at the stadium, it was a terrible moment, in a full stadium for what was supposed to be a day of celebration. These are things that touch you, the hope is that he recovers soon.”