Dave Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 FORMER England star Ray Wilkins was fighting for his life on Friday night after suffering cardiac arrest. The 61-year-old ex-Chelsea and Man United midfielder was placed in an induced coma at St George's Hospital in Tooting, London. Wilkins is thought to have fallen and hit his head after his heart stopped. His wife Jackie told the Daily Mirror: "He’s in hospital, he’s had a cardiac arrest and is in intensive care. "He is not in a good state at all, I’m afraid. He’s critically ill. "The cardiac arrest led to a fall which has meant he’s had to be put in an induced coma. It’s very, very bad." She added that Wilkins will have a further scan on Tuesday and are hopeful of a positive update. His son Ross told the Daily Mail on Friday night: "I hope everyone can respect the family’s wishes over privacy at this very difficult time for us. It’s touch and go whether my father will get through this." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 His family go to the press to ask for privacy, odd. Best of luck to the bloke though, always seemed canny enough despite his demons. Did he used to comms on C5 when we were in Europe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Hope he pulls through, though cardiac arrest only has a small chance of survival. A big danger with cardiac arrest is brain damage even if you do survive, so for him to hit his head hard enough to be put in an induced coma is not a good sign. In saying this, they have obviously got his heart going again, so he's still fighting. I hope he pulls through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 fuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 As mentioned in the other thread; Always seemed a good, genuine guy and a half decent pundit. Hopefully he turns it around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Hope he pulls through, though cardiac arrest only has a small chance of survival. A big danger with cardiac arrest is brain damage even if you do survive, so for him to hit his head hard enough to be put in an induced coma is not a good sign. In saying this, they have obviously got his heart going again, so he's still fighting. I hope he pulls through. I love the insight you provide Hope he's areet though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Hope he pulls through, though cardiac arrest only has a small chance of survival. A big danger with cardiac arrest is brain damage even if you do survive, so for him to hit his head hard enough to be put in an induced coma is not a good sign. In saying this, they have obviously got his heart going again, so he's still fighting. I hope he pulls through. I love the insight you provide Hope he's areet though. Dr. Stiffoven is junior Vice President of the nhs iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 He was on SSN talking about the England squad this week and seemed in good health/form. Scary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 My word! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hope he can pull through. Very sad news. As someone who works in clinical improvement within a cardiology and cardiac specialist hospital may I also say ignore the stuff posted re prognosis and treatment. if anyone you care about suffers from cardiac issues be assured the rate of success with immediate treatment following MI (stemi or nstemi) and CA is increasing so be hopeful of a more positive outcome than would have been the case even 5 or 10 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Shit. Hope he can pull through. Come on The Crab . You can do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 My word! Bloody hell. Hopefully he pulls through, seems like a nice bloke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 He seems really liked by those who work with him, even if he's not my favourite pundit. Horrible thing to happen. Get well soon Butch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Good player, I had a girlfriend who’s mother absolutely loved him. England were playing in South America and despite it being a friendly it was shown live late at night on the beeb (very rare in the 80’s), anyway she’s gushing over what a gent he was and how good looking he was when he snarled to a very young ball right in front of a mic and tv camera to give him the fucking ball. It was absolutely hilarious 😂 granted, you had to be there to see the look of horror on her face. Hope he pulls through, 61 is no age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hope he can pull through. Very sad news. As someone who works in clinical improvement within a cardiology and cardiac specialist hospital may I also say ignore the stuff posted re prognosis and treatment. if anyone you care about suffers from cardiac issues be assured the rate of success with immediate treatment following MI (stemi or nstemi) and CA is increasing so be hopeful of a more positive outcome than would have been the case even 5 or 10 years ago. No doubt cardiac arrest treatment is improving, but the survival rates are still low. An NHS report last year put the survival rates at below 10%. They also said that only half of people witnessing someone suffering from cardiac arrest were willing to help. Of course as we begin the rollout of defibrillators and other medical advancements the rate will of survival will go up, but we are still someway off a significantly high chance of survival. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Of course I bow to your superior knowledge Stifler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Get Well Butch! I wrote a little project about him at school when I was twelve. I remember writing about the goal he scored against Belgium and doing one them crap portraits you do as a kid. He didn't actually score many and was known more for just knocking it square. In those days, defensive midfielders and recycling the ball weren't exactly appreciated. That might have been why he went to Serie A. Anyroad, a real enthusiast about the game and on all accounts a gentleman. Hope he pulls through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 We're currently advertising for two new interventional cardiologist fellows for our cath labs and for congenital cardiac specialist registrar... Found one of em by the looks of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Of course I bow to your superior knowledge Stifler. It's the Dunning-Stifler Effect. Get well soon Butch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 My word! We're currently advertising for two new interventional cardiologist fellows for our cath labs and for congenital cardiac specialist registrar... Found one of em by the looks of it. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I hope he pulls through. Seems like a decent fella and I always enjoyed his punditry on Football italia, during the 90's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 We're currently advertising for two new interventional cardiologist fellows for our cath labs and for congenital cardiac specialist registrar... Found one of em by the looks of it. No need to take it so personally. As someone with a congenital heart problem I kind of no some of the stats. You will obviously know more details than me but you can’t argue that the stats for cardiac arrest survival is low. https://www.bhf.org.uk/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2017/march/cardiac-arrest-report http://www.sca-aware.org/sca-news/aha-releases-2015-heart-and-stroke-statistics http://jaha.ahajournals.org/content/6/9/e007469 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Football history aside we simply can't lose the Tango ad voice from my youth :'( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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