MMA fighter Jindrich Janecka resuscitated after cardiac arrest in cage

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Jindrich Janecka went into cardiac arrest during his bout against Tomas Skalicky at Cage Game 2, according to Oktagon MMA chief medic Norbert Bidrman.

Janecka appeared hurt after a kick to the body and was later knocked out by a punch. The bout took place under Oktagon MMA’s stand-and-bang rules, which prohibit ground fighting.

Oktagon MMA chief medic describes CPR, defibrillation and Janecka regaining consciousness at Cage Game 2


Bidrman said the medical team performed CPR, delivered a shock and administered oxygen. Janecka regained consciousness in the cage and was able to speak with the team before an ambulance took him to the hospital. Bidrman said a blow to the chest may have triggered an abnormal heart rhythm, but the cause had not been confirmed.

“I’m the head medic here at Oktagon. We just had a very emergency situation here, where one of the fighters, specifically Jindra, went into a sudden cardiac arrest. After some cardiopulmonary resuscitation, we delivered a shock. He was given oxygen and brought back to life. He is fully oriented to place, time, and person. And BRNO, the ambulance service, whom we greatly thank for arriving on time, has taken him over, and he is now already at the hospital. Jindra, I want to repeat, was already fully conscious in the cage. He was communicating with us. And now we just want to find the cause of why this happened. Most likely this could have been some kind of arrhythmia caused by a blow to the chest that he received earlier,” Bidrman said in a statement shared on X.

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