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Athletic trainer's quick diagnosis of injury saves football player's life
By WESH
Athletic trainer's quick diagnosis of injury saves football player's life
BIG GAME WEEKEND, MANY OF US ARE THINKING ABOUT FOOTBALL. WITH THE INTENSITY OF PLAY IN NFL, QUICK ACTION BY ON-FIELD MEDICAL STAFF CAN SAVE LIVES. STEWART: AS WESH 2鈥橲 SCOTT HEIDLER TELLS US, FAST WORK BY MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM鈥橲 TRAINER PROBABLY SAVED A PLAYER鈥橲 LIFE. HE SPOKE WITH THEM BOTH. REPORTER: BEING A RECEIVER ON THE MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM MEANT EVERYTHING TO 18-YEAR-OLD RYAN CABRERA. BUT AN INJURY PUT HIS LIFE IN JEOPARDY. >> THAT IS THE MOMENT THAT I JUST FOLDED. MY BODY KIND OF WENT INTO SHOCK. REPORTER: HE WAS HIT AFTER SIGNALING A FAIR CATCH. HIT HARD DURING A PLAYOFF GAME ON NOVEMBER 18. >> I FELT LIKE I COULD NOT BREATH, AND I FELT THAT MY THROAT WAS CLOSING, SO I WAS FREAKING OUT. REPORTER: RYAN鈥橲 SPLEEN WAS RUPTURED. THE TEAM鈥橲 ATHLETIC TRAINER ON THE FIELD DIAGNOSED THAT EVEN BEFORE THE PARAMEDICS ASSESSED HIS INJURY. >> SHE BASICALLY SAVED MY LIFE ON THAT FIELD. BECAUSE I READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER THAT RUPTURED HIS SPLEEN, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW HE RUPTURED HIS SPLEEN, AND ON THE BUS ON THE WAY HOME, HE UNFORTUNATELY DIED. REPORTER: THE ATHLETIC TRAINER HERE AT MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTINE CLANCY, IS HUMBLE ABOUT SAVING RYAN鈥橲 LIFE, FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND TEAMWORK FOR EVERYBODY WHO鈥橲 ON THE FIELD DURING GAME DAY. >> THEY鈥橰E SUCH GOOD PEOPLE, AND I CONSIDER THOSE KIDS LIKE MY KIDS. SO WE ARE JUST A BIG FAMILY, AND WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THEM GO DOWN, THEY SAY THAT YOU SAVED HIS LIFE, IT鈥橲 JUST REALLY OVERWHELMING. REPORTER: WHILE ON THE FIELD, SHE RULED OUT SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES AND THEN... >> I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS MORE SERIOUS, AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL. REPORTER: MUSIC TO THE EARS OF A GRATEFUL MOTHER. >> SO KNOWING THAT SHE鈥橲 THERE AND SHE鈥橲 GOING TO RUN OUT TO THE FIELD AND ASSESS THEM, MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE. REPORTER: RYAN鈥橲 HOPING HE CAN FIND THE RIGHT COLLEGE, ONE WHERE HE CAN LEARN TO BE A WELDER AND WALK BACK OUT ON THE FIELD AND CONTINUE PLAYING THE GAME HE LOVES SO MUCH. >> THAT DAY COULD HAVE BEEN MY LAST, AND IT JUST CHANGES MY LIFE ON HOW I DO THINGS EVERY DAY. REPORTER: IN MELBOURNE, SCO
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Athletic trainer's quick diagnosis of injury saves football player's life
By WESH
Being a receiver on the Melbourne (Florida) High School football team meant everything to 18-year-old Ryan Cabrera, but an injury on the field put his life in jeopardy.鈥淭hat is the moment that I just folded, and my body kinda went into shock,鈥� Cabrera said.He was hit hard after signaling a fair catch during a playoff game on Nov. 18.鈥淚 felt like I could not breathe, and I felt that my throat was closing, so I was freaking out,鈥� Cabrera said.Cabrera's spleen was ruptured.It was a diagnosis the team鈥檚 athletic trainer made on the field even before the paramedics assessed his injury.鈥淪he basically saved my life on that field because I read an article about another high school football player that ruptured his spleen. And they did not know he ruptured his spleen and on the bus on the way home, he unfortunately died,鈥� Cabrera said.Christine Clancy is a Certified Athletic Trainer with Health First and also works with Brevard Public Schools. She is humbled by saving Cabrera鈥檚 life and prefers to focus on the importance of training and teamwork for everybody who鈥檚 on the field during game day.鈥淭hey鈥檙e such good people. And I consider those kids like my kids, so we are just a big family and when you see one of them go down, they say that you saved his life, it鈥檚 just really overwhelming,鈥� Clancy said.While on the field with Cabrera, she ruled out several possibilities and then, 鈥淚 said, you know, 'I think this is more serious and we really need to get you to the hospital,'鈥� Clancy said.It's music to the ears of a grateful mother.鈥淪o knowing that she鈥檚 there and she鈥檚 going to run out to the field and assess them makes me feel a little bit more comfortable,鈥� said Stephanie Cabrera, Ryan's mother.Ryan Cabrera is hoping he can find the right college, one where he can learn to be a welder and walk back out on the field and continue playing the game he loves so much.鈥淭hat day could have been my last, and it just changes my life on how I do things every day,鈥� Cabrera said.
MELBOURNE, Fla. —

Being a receiver on the Melbourne (Florida) High School football team meant everything to 18-year-old Ryan Cabrera, but an injury on the field put his life in jeopardy.

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鈥淭hat is the moment that I just folded, and my body kinda went into shock,鈥� Cabrera said.

He was hit hard after signaling a fair catch during a playoff game on Nov. 18.

鈥淚 felt like I could not breathe, and I felt that my throat was closing, so I was freaking out,鈥� Cabrera said.

Cabrera's spleen was ruptured.

It was a diagnosis the team鈥檚 athletic trainer made on the field even before the paramedics assessed his injury.

鈥淪he basically saved my life on that field because I read an article about another high school football player that ruptured his spleen. And they did not know he ruptured his spleen and on the bus on the way home, he unfortunately died,鈥� Cabrera said.

Christine Clancy is a Certified Athletic Trainer with Health First and also works with Brevard Public Schools. She is humbled by saving Cabrera鈥檚 life and prefers to focus on the importance of training and teamwork for everybody who鈥檚 on the field during game day.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e such good people. And I consider those kids like my kids, so we are just a big family and when you see one of them go down, they say that you saved his life, it鈥檚 just really overwhelming,鈥� Clancy said.

While on the field with Cabrera, she ruled out several possibilities and then, 鈥淚 said, you kn

ow, 'I think this is more serious and we really need to get you to the hospital,'鈥� Clancy said.

It's music to the ears of a grateful mother.

鈥淪o knowing that she鈥檚 there and she鈥檚 going to run out to the field and assess them makes me feel a little bit more comfortable,鈥� said Stephanie Cabrera, Ryan's mother.

Ryan Cabrera is hoping he can find the right college, one where he can learn to be a welder and walk back out on the field and continue playing the game he loves so much.

鈥淭hat day could have been my last, and it just changes my life on how I do things every day,鈥� Cabrera said.