sports opinion

Eriksen incident

Hussein Al Shaibani

June 18, 2021

The incident of the fall of the Danish national team player (Eriksen) on the field, during the Finland match in the Euro 2020 championship, was a difficult matter for players and fans, on all continents of the world.

We appreciate what the captain of the Danish national team, Simon Kjaer, did by moving the player's neck, who has lost consciousness, and massaging his heart, until the arrival of the medical device.

From this standpoint, we call on the administrations of our local clubs, to organize training and educational courses in first aid for professional players, coaches and administrators, to ensure the readiness of all of them in cases that may occur in our stadiums, especially in daily training.

We wish the club administrations to pay attention to the medical aspect, conclude contracts with medical devices that oversee the safety of players, and set selection criteria for an efficient medical device, because the players’ health and safety are more important than the results of matches, and proper medical equipment is one of the ingredients for the success of the sports system in which players are exposed to many injuries.

In the event of missing this important episode, this will reflect negatively on the level of sport in general, which is evident in some clubs that are full of many absences, which last for long periods of time, which causes the player to lose his ability to deal with the ball well, and the necessary A long qualifying stage, which is likely to harm the clubs that offer millions of dirhams in order to benefit from the services of the players properly, giving them the opportunity to appear at the best levels that befit their reputation, whether in local or continental competitions.

The major clubs in the world depend on the CV that the doctor holds and the parties he has previously worked in, before the process of contracting with him.

This comes in return for their great awareness of the importance of the medical aspect in the professional work that sports in clubs require, to ensure the availability of scientifically qualified medical cadres.

The Sports Medicine Unit, as an integrated unit, includes all the specialties required in the modern world of football, from a food official, a psychiatrist, and a doctor specializing in stadium injuries, with extensive experience, a specialty that differs from the specialty of ordinary medicine or orthopedics, which most clubs believe is sufficient to handle The task of supervising the medical device.

Here it leads us to several questions: Are our clubs interested in the medical aspect, especially in the academies?

Are modern medical devices and equipment available in the treatment units?

Are paramedics and stretcher carriers qualified to transport players during injury, or are they just workers in the club?!

• Club administrations are invited to educate players in first aid.