More important than Millrose results, if anyone connected to Kemoy or his group can post updates on his condition please do

For those unfamiliar with the geography, the Armory is literally across the street from Columbia New York Presbyterian, one of the best hospitals in NYC, and the best for cardiac events (eg, this is where Bill Clinton chose to have his heart surgery a number of years ago). I know that doesn’t make up for the possible time lost when dealing with him on the track, but hopefully it helps.

No it is not completely unexpected for fit athletes to have a cardiac event, it is rare but it happens. Also, the immediate application of a defibrillator doesn’t guarantee to correct an AF event.

Ray Flynn has confirmed that he is in a stable condition and his brother and wife are with him.

Raddy wrote:

Ray Flynn has confirmed that he is in a stable condition and his brother and wife are with him.

Here is a video of the collapse.

All you have to do is post the twitter link and it shows up here:

https://twitter.com/ChrisChavez/status/1094388975366823943

Newer update than Chavez

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndreLoweJA/status/1094405970837544960

Raddy wrote:

Newer update than Chavez

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndreLoweJA/status/1094405970837544960

Great news

Prayers for Kemoy wrote:

Rojo, I am sorely disappointed in your inability to even acknowledge him in the millrose thread. Your focus on what time Fisher ran versus the life of another human being is disturbing. May God change your view on this world, and what truly matters. You need help.

Dude, this is completely over the top. Who do you think you are? The Brojos can't spell or proofread to save their lives, but they are decent human beings. Honestly, who are you to shame them so hard? Go f*** yourself you loser

I was right there when he collapsed. There was no medical team inside the oval. They had to run the whole way to the far corner of the armory(no radio apparently) to get the trainer. It too WAY too long. They also do not have an aed inside the oval. They had to retrieve that from somewhere else while they were giving him chest compressions.

The lack of medical attention was extremely concerning. The minutes he laid there without medical attention were unreal.

Thank you for posting that. It is greatly appreciated.

I just hope that there is a clear diagnosis of exactly what is occurring when he leaves the hospital. Not an ambiguous answer because they don’t have enough conclusive evidence of what the clear genesis of this emergency was.

Lack of knowledge of what was the genesis of this can lead to a very difficult to treat situation, and will be terrifying for he and his family.

Continued prayers for he and his loved ones.

Part 2 of your post could read - "I'm sorry for being such a jerk to you, Wejo. I was very concerned about Kemoy's status, and lashed out because I was emotional". You can just cut and paste that if you have had some self-reflection lately.

Yesyesyes wrote:

I was right there when he collapsed. There was no medical team inside the oval. They had to run the whole way to the far corner of the armory(no radio apparently) to get the trainer. It too WAY too long. They also do not have an aed inside the oval. They had to retrieve that from somewhere else while they were giving him chest compressions.

The lack of medical attention was extremely concerning. The minutes he laid there without medical attention were unreal.

It's protocol to have that personnel out of the way. TV doesn't want them on camera, and athletes don't want them in the way of their field events or distracting them during a race/warm up. And where would you put an AED inside the oval? And if the paramedics weren't actively giving him CPR when he left, he most likely did not need compressions while he was lying there.

The fact is that the EMS team got to the scene waaaay before a 911 service would have. And it appears that he will survive this ordeal, so the first responders did there job. Don't be rash.

I don't mean to seem insensitive at all but is it confirmed that his heart stopped?

I had a teammate pass out in a race two different times over a few weeks because of pericarditis. Both times he was on the ground for a very long time (30-60 mins) before he had the strength to stand up and weakly leave the track under assistance (he wasn't just left alone on the ground, people were attending to him). It was extremely scary but his heart never stopped and once they had diagnosed the problem (after the second incident), a few weeks rest and a course of antibiotics recovered him completely.

Watching the video reminded me of my teammate's situation. I hope for Kemoy's sake it is not something serious. Obviously pericarditis wouldn't be a joke either, but it is much better than your heart having stopped for several minutes.

Also, you can predict where the emergency will be. It is as likely to have an emergency in the stands as on the field. The EMS crew is somewhere in the facility. Beyond that, no sense in trying to predict where an emergency might occur and staging them there, since it could happen anywhere.

vonschnapps wrote:

No it is not completely unexpected for fit athletes to have a cardiac event, it is rare but it happens.

It is unexpected and my point is that those who saw they even probably thought he fell as we see all too common during the race and not undergoing a cardiac event. If there was any delay whatsoever, that is where it lay you dipspit.

Again, I respectfully disagree with you.

Meet organizers failed wrote:

If true they didn’t have the necessary equipment nor direct radio contact with EMS, then they failed.

Is this SOP at other meets? At other sporting events?

Who are you, that we should care what you think is outrageous?

Agree. And with the shot put (and other field events) staged infield, you don't want extra folks standing around there, as that would cause a greater risk.

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