Athlone GAA player’s life saved by medics after suffering heart attack in warm-up

A medical emergency can happen at any time but thankfully at most sports events there is usually some rained medical personnel round.

And a young Westmeath GAA player has some sterling work from volunteers to thank for saving his life tonight at the Westmeath Intermediate football Semi final between  Athlone and Rosemount in Cusack Park According to Hoganstand.com an Athlone substitute named as Cathal Joyce collapsed before the game and was resuscitated using a defibrillator. He was then taken to hospital where he is  being treated this evening. Athlone PRO Brian Melinn confirmed the incident was a very serious one and he's thankful to all who helped at the scene

"Cathal collapsed in the warm-up after suffering a cardiac arrest." “There’s a good chance he would not have survived but for the quick thinking and swift action of Dr Patrick Boland, who was a sub on the Rosemount team, and one of our subs, Colm O’Leary, who’s a Garda trained in CPR. The club is extremely grateful for their assistance.”

https://twitter.com/JohnEgan1111/status/643119621055361024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/DavieJCee/status/643144616825520128 https://twitter.com/AthloneGAA/status/643146924766441472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw After a prolonged delay the game eventually got underway and ended with victory for Athlone https://twitter.com/MidlandsSport/status/643099360423772161