LeBron James Jr., the son of the Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James who is an incoming freshman at the University of Southern California, collapsed at practice on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest. James Jr., who is known as Bronny, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit but later released from the I.C.U. and is in stable condition, according to a statement from a spokesman for LeBron James and his wife, Savannah.
Here’s what to know:
What happened?
According to the statement from the family, Bronny James was practicing with the U.S.C. men’s basketball team in Los Angeles when he suffered a cardiac arrest.
The Los Angeles Fire Department received a call for medical aid and responded at 9:26 a.m. to the university’s Galen Center gymnasium. According to the James family’s statement, medical staff treated Bronny James, and he was taken to the hospital.
“LeBron and Savannah wish to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the U.S.C. medical and athletic staff for their incredible work and dedication to the safety of their athletes,” the statement read.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops and is different from a heart attack, in which blood flow to the heart is blocked. The survival rate for cardiac arrest when treated with bystander…
