Pick an article published in the Internet portal almagronoticias which list the events during the course of a young male handball game for Territorial Division II, in which the coach Handball Boland player saved the life of Dario Cabrera's Almaden.
The day was not going too well. The long journey from youth to Almaden Bolaños last November 6, to play their match for Territorial Division II at six in the afternoon had already damaged the heating, when one of the goalkeepers of the team fell seriously injured bolañego to the point that possibly miss the entire season with a torn cruciate ligaments in his knee. In addition, there were only nine players able to register on the spot and not the ten to which obliges the Federation, and the penalty, symbolic bolañego team was a reality.
Once started the match, the visiting coach, Manuel Fernandez, the bench saw how their children were unable to contain at Almaden, on his way to the win.
But all this is just an anecdote for what was to happen. Ran 55 minutes. The Almaden won in three goals (33-36) and had the ball. Dario Cabrera tried to throw and the defense bolañega pad will probably at fault, that schools do not whistled. The Bolaños launched a counterattack, but Cabrera was on the floor.
"I immediately realized that something was wrong," says Manuel Fernandez, "sometimes a player gets shot, but in this case did not move." Bolañego The coach did not think twice. He jumped onto the court and when he came near the player he realized that he had swallowed his tongue and could not breathe. In the pavilion there was no medical care, as is normal in these categories, but Manuel's quick response saved the life of the player's Almaden. "I remembered that in the kit had a Guedel tube (a tube that is used precisely to the affected do not swallow the tongue), I used it and that prevented greater damage." In less than three minutes time limit in these cases, the player returned to breathe.
"We called the ambulance," says Fernandez, "which it quickly, but the truth is that we are all made eternal." The ambulance moved the player to the hospital in Puertollano, where he spent the night under observation. Fortunately, everything seems to have been a scare and the player is now ready to jump back on track.
"Of course, not all credit is mine. Then there was Julian Cuesta, which helped a lot and kept his cool, "says Fernandez. And is that the scene was dramatic and affected both players from both teams as the coach of Almaden, referees and the public.
monitor Manuel Fernandez is handball. And that probably saved his life Almaden player. "When you get up early Sunday for the workshops and give you the basics of first aid, is not that attractive, but, undoubtedly, with cases like this, it shows how important they are," says Manuel Fernandez, coach of youth Bolaños , a little known hero.
NOTE: From here I would like to acknowledge the importance of making first aid courses or the need for a kit in "conditions" at each rink.
