A Las Vegas tennis player collapses during a match and dies suddenly at the age of 43

A lifelong tennis player collapsed on the court and later died during a match in Las Vegas this week.

Medics reportedly treated Ryan Vannah for nearly an hour at Red Rock Country Club, but he was pronounced dead Sunday at a Summerlin hospital. Vannah’s sister-in-law Catherine performed CPR, but to no avail.

Vannah, 43, was playing mixed doubles tennis last Sunday when, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal, she fell to her knees and placed hands on the field and lying down.

After 55 minutes of CPR, he was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead.

Ryan Vannah has mourned after a shocking death during a tennis match

A lifelong tennis player who had won the U.S. Tennis Association 40+ national championship the past two years as part of the doubles team, Vannah’s family said she took “impeccable care of her health” but has a history of high blood pressure. pressure.

“He was in such good shape. He was lifting weights. He looked like a bodybuilder to me. He was huge. We didn’t see this coming,” said his sister Tami Kang.

According to reports, doctors watching the match rushed to CPR on Vannah, but after nearly an hour, his heart failed to restart.

Although the local coroner’s office has not yet determined the official cause and manner of death, according to the Review Journal, doctors and emergency personnel said they believe Vannah took the wrong medication for her blood pressure.

Vannah’s sudden death is the latest in a series of strange incidents in recent weeks.

Early last month, Old Dominion sophomore guard Imo Essien collapsed on the court during a game against Georgia Southern. Just days earlier, another Las Vegas resident — Jordan Tyler Brister — suffered an apparent cardiac arrest after a PE class at Amplus Academy.

In December, Jake Hescock, who played college football at both UCF and Wisconsin, died suddenly after suffering cardiac arrest while jogging. The former tight end was only 25 years old.

Of course, everyone knows about the Damar Hamlin situation that happened last month on Monday Night Football.

As OutKick reported last month, these deaths are just the latest in a string of young people dying, particularly from heart problems.

According to data from the CDC, the number of young people dying from serious cardiovascular diseases has increased alarmingly.

Although the reason for the rise is uncertain, the failure to consider some possibilities has led to censorship and unnecessary labeling.

The number of deaths from serious cardiovascular diseases among men aged 15-19 increased by 25% in 2021 compared to the same cause in 2019. There was also an increase in 2020, although fortunately not as much.

While there may be many plausible explanations, it’s a worrying trend regardless of the underlying cause.

Hopefully this will be the last of these types of stories we hear about for a long, long time.