Premier League announce review

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has confirmed the organisation will review their medical procedures in light of Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest on Saturday.



The Premier League introduced new procedures after they were heavily criticised for the length of time it took for Petr Cech to be transferred to hospital after suffering a fractured skull five-and-a-half years ago.



The new procedures were evident at White Hart Lane as Muamba received expert medical attention swiftly and Scudamore officials and medical staff deserve whatever praise comes their way.



However, he believes more can be done and he has announced plans to hold a review into existing medical procedures.



"Incidents and events shape policy, shape developments, shape progress," Scudamore told the Sport Industry Breakfast club in London on Tuesday.



"What we will certainly be doing is looking at every aspect of what happened and if there are ways and means of improving, if there are ways and means of making it better in the future - just like we did in 2006-07 following the Petr Cech incident - we will do everything we can to make sure we reduce to the point of elimination, if we possibly can, things like that.



"There are no guarantees but we will do whatever we can to improve."



The Cech incident led to the introduction of ambulances being in place at stadia for the exclusive use of players and Scudamore believes Muamba's life may have been saved by the new procedures.



"It's been a difficult three days for everybody involved in the game, particularly those closest to Fabrice," he added.



"The whole of the last three days, we've played out lots of scenarios, clearly.



"Let's hope, God willing, that the progress he's making continues to be made and that he makes as decent a recovery as he can.



"In some ways, his life, if it is saved - and let's hope it has been saved - is as a result of the things a lot of us put in place after what happened with Petr Cech.



"If you saw what happened on Saturday, the immediate attention, everybody comes out of this with huge credit, the referee, the match officials, the way the medics were there.



"Jose Mourinho made some strident comments about the treatment that Petr Cech got.



"Everything that we've put in place since helped Fabrice at least have a chance."