Sports Fan Shows Warning Symptoms During Interview Before Having A Massive Heart Attack

Jan 17, 2019 by apost team

There are a handful of symptoms that typically present themselves in people who are minutes away from experiencing a heart attack. Trained medical professionals and informed laypeople can make more timely, prompt decisions in situations that involve heart attacks.

Unfortunately, nobody recognized the telltale symptoms of an impending heart attack in a big-time sports fan on Kansas City, Missouri's Fox4 local news station.

Heart attacks, medically referred to as myocardial infarctions, are potentially deadly events hallmarked by the obstruction of blood flow into the heart. Plaque is usually responsible for clogging veins and arteries, gradually doing so over years of unhealthy living per the medical condition of coronary artery disease.

Roughly 790,000 people across the United States suffer heart attacks each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Dan Boos, a Kansas City Chiefs megafan, had attended every single Kansas City Chiefs home game in each of the last 29 years. That day, local news station Fox4 was doing a feature on the biggest Kansas City Chiefs fans they could find.

Just like on gamedays, he drove to the news studio in a Chiefs-themed bus painted by none other than Mr. Boos himself.

On the way to the Fox4 studio, the Kansas City, Missouri air was just 68 degrees, arguably the objectively perfect temperature for being outside. Despite not being exposed to excessive heat, his forehead was sweating profusely. 

During the interview with a Fox4 reporter on Dan's custom-made Kansas City Chiefs bus, Mr. Boos was seen wiping the heavy beads of sweat from his forehead multiple times. Although this isn't a telltale sign of an impending heart attack, it's certainly something physicians learn about in medical school.

In fact, this one simple symptom could have warned medical professionals early enough that they were able to act proactively and save his life.

Just a few seconds after the interview was wrapped up and the cameras stopped rolling, Dan Boos collapsed in the red, leather, restaurant-style booth he was sitting in. 

Fortunately, fellow Fox4 reporter Kerri Stowell knew how to perform CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation - and did so within seconds of Dan Boos falling unconscious. Dan remained in a coma for nearly two weeks. Boos is proud to say that he lives a healthier lifestyle now, exercises regularly, and still hasn't missed a Chiefs game.

Heart attacks can happen to people of all ages, not to mention come straight out of left field. Thankfully, modern medicine found CPR to be helpful and spread knowledge of the technique to the world.

Have you ever had a heart attack? On the other hand, have you ever had to perform CPR on someone who just had a heart attack? Tell us your experiences in the comments and don't forget to pass this along - this information could save a life.