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Automatic External Defibrillator Saves Young Athlete's Life; Davis Nwankwo Released From Hospital.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, March, 2006
Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete Davis Nwankwo (Nah-WONK-wo), said the team physician.
Nwankwo, a 19-year-old red-shirt freshman from College Park, Maryland, was released today from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He could possibly sit on the Vanderbilt bench this evening when the Commodores play Auburn in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville.
Nwankwo collapsed approximately 15 minutes into practice when he suffered cardiac arrest on Monday at Memorial Gymnasium. Athletic trainer Mike Meyer was at his...
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