A delegation from the Egyptian Club, led by Captain Ali Maher, the team’s coach and technical staff, and a number of Egyptian Club players, visited to check on Ali Player Ahmed Refaat The Modern Future player is in the hospital where he is currently being treated in Alexandria Governorate, due to his injury in the Al-Ittihad Alexandria league match.
The hospital where the player, Ahmed Refaat, a Future Club and Egyptian national team player, is being treated, revealed in a statement the health condition of Ahmed Refaat, explaining that he “came to the hospital by ambulance, where he arrived in a state of cardiac arrest, and according to medical protocols, cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed.” It lasted more than two hours in the emergency room,” adding: “During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a heart rhythm disorder occurred more than once, which required the use of electric shocks more than 20 times, after which the patient was placed on a ventilator tube.”
The hospital continued in its statement that after the condition stabilized, the patient was transferred to intensive care to complete treatment, and the patient was placed on a breathing tube and a respirator, and an attempt was made to control the oxygen level, adjust acidity, and control carbon dioxide via a respirator.
The hospital indicated that the patient was placed on medications to support blood pressure and heart-stimulating medications to restore blood pressure and blood circulation to increase blood reaching the extremities and kidneys. After that, the condition stabilized to some extent and a CT scan of the chest and brain was performed.
She explained that the result of the brain x-ray showed that he was not damaged, and the chest x-ray showed the presence of congestion and inflammation resulting from cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The patient was then placed on medications to maintain the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide, antibiotics for chest infections, and medications to support blood pressure. The patient was followed up on The nephrologist’s approach is due to decreased urine output as a result of kidney damage due to the long duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The patient was also presented to a cardiologist and neurology consultant to evaluate and follow up on his condition. The necessary tests and examinations were withdrawn to determine the cause of the cardiac arrest. The patient’s condition is currently better in terms of blood pressure, but he has not fully regained consciousness.
The latest developments in Ahmed Refaat’s condition were that the condition is still unstable and requires the prayers of millions of Egyptians. The medical staff has not been able to transfer the player to a hospital specializing in heart diseases yet, due to the danger to the player’s life if he is transferred in light of the instability of his condition.
Captain Ali Maher during his arrival to the hospital to visit Ahmed Refaat
Captain Ali Maher arrived at the hospital to check on the player Ahmed Refaat