Dance Dance Revolution Hastens Heart Attack

Thanks to TheOmahaChannel.com for its story discussing a 15-year old girl whose heart stopped while playing arcade Dance Dance Revolution. According to the piece: "[Kimber] Wilson was playing the game Dance Dance Revolution at a Bellevue arcade with a friend June 22 when she fell to the floor. The arcade owners gave her CPR, then a police officer took over. Paramedics shocked her several times with a defibrillator at the arcade to get her heart working again." The diagnosis was "hypertrophy cardiomyopathy", a genetic problem (which could have been triggered by any exercise) in which "the walls around her heart are so thick that her heart wasn't getting the signals to beat." Fortunately, Kimber was "soon... back to hanging out with her friends at the arcade", albeit with a pacemaker, commenting: "I might try Dance Dance Revolution, but I'm thinking no."

Comments

How is this the game's fault?

[rice_web]

It's not, this could have occurred at any time.

Why even relate this to the game?

Re:How is this the game's fault?

[cobalt27x]

Very much true. But you know, a lot of people will make the connection, however invalid, anyway. People have a tendancy not to read... or at least not to finish reading. I can almost see the local news now, with a story on "local reaction to this shocking news." A 15 year old girl will be interviewed, saying "My mom said I am not allowed to play DDR anymore." A mother will be interviewed, saying "When I saw that news I had my children tested for heart problems. I never knew DDR could be this damaging!" ...it will happen. Mark my words.

Take the right perspective

[Heathkit]

She's 15 years old, and the first time she's been active enough to have her birth defect cause problems is while playing DDR.

No wonder we're a nation of fatasses.

Re:genetic problem

[NanoGator]

"DDR was involved so naturally it makes headlines on /."

Remember when GTA3 was 'linked' to an isolated sniper shooting? No direct connection, but it was enough to get lawsuits filed against Sony and Rockstar. That's why it made it to Slashdot. Not because of the game, but because of the inevitable fallout from it. This isn't a reflection of Slashdot, it's a reflection of the tards like Liberman trying to gain political power.

Re:Talk about a misleading headline

[Incoherent07]

Wrong again. The article makes it fairly clear that DDR was not in any way at fault, it was simply a coincidence that the girl had a heart attack (due to a preexisting condition) while playing DDR. So... you can't really say DDR hastened the heart attack.

"You could be asleep, walking running, sitting down to eat. It can hit ya," said Eddie Wilson, Kimber's father.

It's probably fortunate

[foidulus]

she was playing DDR when it happened, instead of walking to school, going for a run etc. The arcade owner knew CPR and probably saved her life. If this had happened while she was alone, then who knows what could have transpired.
So, one could argue, DDR actually SAVED a life ;)

Re:God, I hate this place.

[CarrionBird]

You flaming idiot. ;-P

This isn't a national headline story without the DDR non-issue. They take a not important aspect of the story and make the headline with it in order to capture peoples attention. Then they mention in passing that it wasn't the games fault.

It's standard reporting trickery.