On Saturday, February 27, the American University in Cairo (AUC) student, Omar Khaled, passed away after a common injury during an American Football game between the AUC Titans and the Cairo Bears.
The 18 years-old freshman student, who was known between his fellows as the ‘Jumbo’, was an offensive guard at the AUC Titans.
During the first few minutes of the game, Khaled got hit in the chest by his opponent’s helmet as it made him have difficulty in breathing. According to Omar Arafa, a member in the AUC Titans, Khaled removed the equipment of the game after being hit and this means that he knew that he wouldn’t be able to continue the game.
Khaled stood on the sideline, then the medical staff on the field checked his blood pressure, but it …show more content…
Mohamed Barakat was in charge by that time. "Omar Khaled came around 5:20 p.m. with a good condition he was walking and talking with nothing apparently wrong. He said that he had pain in his chest and his body and he is a little bit tired. I measured his blood pressure and it was 110/80, very normal,” said Dr. Barakat to a reporter at the AUC Caravan.
Dr. Barakat gave Khaled a painkiller injection as he also checked on his heartbeats and they were totally normal. Unfortunately, two minutes later, Khaled’s blood pressure and heartbeats were deteriorating so; his friends called out the doctor and moved him to the clinic again where he went into a …show more content…
Mohamed Amin, the acting Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, Professor Mohamed Naguib Abou Zeid, an external medial expert, Dr. Sabry Ghaly, representatives of the AUC Parents Association, Ms. Alia Abdel Ghaffar and Ms. Nesrine El Mahdy, a Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Heba Essawi, and the AUC student and member of the American football team, Mr. Mourad Ghareeb.
The committee, headed by Dr. Ghaly, agreed that the AUC medical center was supplied with all needed equipment to fulfill its role on campus. Moreover, the medical experts said that they were satisfied with all the procedures done in Khaled’s case, on and off campus.
In addition to the second committee, by which its members recommended that the AUC athletes should have a copy of their medical records so that they could be available for any emergency case.
They also advised the physician who was in charge of Khaled’s case to complete a course on effective communication with patients and their families in a clinical setting and that he should be reassessed after finishing this required
The 18 years-old freshman student, who was known between his fellows as the ‘Jumbo’, was an offensive guard at the AUC Titans.
During the first few minutes of the game, Khaled got hit in the chest by his opponent’s helmet as it made him have difficulty in breathing. According to Omar Arafa, a member in the AUC Titans, Khaled removed the equipment of the game after being hit and this means that he knew that he wouldn’t be able to continue the game.
Khaled stood on the sideline, then the medical staff on the field checked his blood pressure, but it …show more content…
Mohamed Barakat was in charge by that time. "Omar Khaled came around 5:20 p.m. with a good condition he was walking and talking with nothing apparently wrong. He said that he had pain in his chest and his body and he is a little bit tired. I measured his blood pressure and it was 110/80, very normal,” said Dr. Barakat to a reporter at the AUC Caravan.
Dr. Barakat gave Khaled a painkiller injection as he also checked on his heartbeats and they were totally normal. Unfortunately, two minutes later, Khaled’s blood pressure and heartbeats were deteriorating so; his friends called out the doctor and moved him to the clinic again where he went into a …show more content…
Mohamed Amin, the acting Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, Professor Mohamed Naguib Abou Zeid, an external medial expert, Dr. Sabry Ghaly, representatives of the AUC Parents Association, Ms. Alia Abdel Ghaffar and Ms. Nesrine El Mahdy, a Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Heba Essawi, and the AUC student and member of the American football team, Mr. Mourad Ghareeb.
The committee, headed by Dr. Ghaly, agreed that the AUC medical center was supplied with all needed equipment to fulfill its role on campus. Moreover, the medical experts said that they were satisfied with all the procedures done in Khaled’s case, on and off campus.
In addition to the second committee, by which its members recommended that the AUC athletes should have a copy of their medical records so that they could be available for any emergency case.
They also advised the physician who was in charge of Khaled’s case to complete a course on effective communication with patients and their families in a clinical setting and that he should be reassessed after finishing this required