Doctor Reacts to Bronny James Cardiac Arrest - What Happened?

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It's scary to think that he could have died if he were alone...thank god there were people around him when this happened...hope he makes a speedy full recovery...

It's in instances like this that I really admire first responders. They're trained and all, but 99% of the time, they're just standing around, chilling, watching the game, eating hotdogs, just like everyone else. Then BOOM they get called and all that training has to come to life instantly and accurately. They have to save a life. It is an awesome responsibility.

Literally like the NBA need to give this doc a contract. Man when players get injured during the game, they can give him a small segment explaining to everyone what the injury is and how it occurred. I’m loving his commentary. Much respect doctor!!!

As someone who was diagnosed with hypertrophy cardiomyopathy, before finding myself in hospital and suffering from 2 cardiac arrests in 3 days (in hospital), only to then be told my heart (left ventricle) had less than 10% (EFR) and that my only option would be an LVAD or death, i totally understand what he experienced, and what path he could go down. A lot of people don't understand how the heart functions, or the fact that any damage done to the heart does not magically recover. Even with medicine or tablets, any % of the damage done is forever. The only thing you can do is stall, or stabilize things so that more damage is not done. Myocarditis is different in the sense that its pointing to the muscle. But even some cases do not recover. In regards to my story, i wasn't allowed to leave the hospital without a defib vest (Zoll) that i had to wear 24 hours a day, and i wasn't allowed to drive. It was a risk to have a shower because i had to remove the vest. (Im under 35 yrs old). Then 4 months later, i had an LVAD implanted. 9 months after that, i was successfully transplanted. Today, im a few days from a yr post-transplant. All of this happened to me in the space of 2.5 years. And its a journey i wouldn't wish on anyone. Imagine being in a state of being where you're body is constantly telling you that you are dehydrated, but you are limited to fluids (even 800 mil water a day) because your heart is not functioning well enough to move t water around your body so the resul is that you end up fluid overloaded - which then puts more stress on the heart causing more damage. Daily, you are reduced to having ice chips, but you are extremely thirsty. You can't walk more than 4 steps without being out of breath. You can't sleep, eat, or even walk to the bathroom. I lived 9 months with an LVAD, which minimized these symptoms but had me living on a battery. Cardiac arrest is not something little, its not an accident, and its possible that doctors will not find a cause. This is also the case with heart failure. Its very common that doctors do not ever find the cause of the heart failure. And when heart failure begins, there is no recovery. The heart cannot recover from damage. So lets all hope that Bronny never has to experience this. I only hope the young man has a long and happy life, but most of all, a normal life. I hope he never has to experience what ive experienced. its about time that we take more initiative to bring more awareness to the heart, its function, and the concerns as well as what to look for so that we can help prevent others from ever experiencing this. The myth is that its an old age thing. its not. More and more people that suffer from this are young, and very young too.

I'm a telemetry nurse and this was so insightful. Thank you for the fast uploads as always

I hope to heaven you are teaching in med school, you can make clear in 10 minutes what some teachers can't in 1 semester! Bravo 💯

This Dr seems very intelligent and gets the information to us in an easily understandable way . Thank you kind Sir.

Your videos are truly amazing!. Thanks for sharing your awesome knowledge with us lay persons.

A heartfelt THANK YOU for this thorough explanation. 🙏🏾 Wishing Bronny and the James family a speedy recovery. Kudos to the USC medical staff!!!!🙏🏾

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content awareness 🙏🏾

Been waiting for this to drop! Thanks for the content

Safe. And. Effective.

I've rooted for & against his father in a basketball sense throughout his career, but my God, this is so terrifying. I can't imagine what Bronny was going through, & only have the faintest idea of what it's like to have to get that phone call. It's the worst thing any parent can go through, except that it seems this young man will be okay in the end. God bless them & all the families that have been through anything like this.

Thank you for the video. The video was very informative and well explained.

Great informational video. Thanks,

Excellent! As someone who has had their share of medical lectures, you are wonderful.

Glad the young man is alive and stable. Much respect for the friends, school staff and medical team. God is good all the time.

An excellent excellent excellent complete yet still clear and concise educational video! People, this was high quality info that you can trust, packed into a short video. (RN, BSN commenting)

Brilliant explanation as always Doc. Massively appreciated