Arizona girl, 12, suffers cardiac arrest during soccer practice

A 12-year-old Arizona girl suffered sudden cardiac arrest while playing soccer — and was given lifesaving CPR by a parent.

Pyper Midkiff was just minutes into soccer practice Thursday night when she collapsed, KTVK reported.

A teammate’s mom, who is also an ICU nurse, rushed onto the field and administered CPR until the ambulance arrived, Pyper’s father, Matt, told the outlet.

Matt said he was coaching a different team nearby when he was alerted and rushed over to see his daughter being resuscitated.

The star soccer player lost her pulse again in the ambulance and was flown to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.

It was unclear how long she was without a pulse.

Pyper, who had never had any prior health issues, has since been diagnosed with a genetic condition, Matt told KTVK.

He described his daughter as “special” and thanked the soccer community for the outpouring of support.

“Everyone thinks their kid is special. But Pyper has something special about her and the world needs more people like her,” he told the outlet.

“The world needs more Pypers and seeing what I just saw gives me hope. Sports and soccer is more than competition and the support over the past few days shows that everybody gets it over the past few days,” the dad added.

The Phoenix Rising men’s pro team also took to Instagram, where it displayed a jersey in her honor.

“One of those things that’s never going to happen to you right? I mean, a healthy 12-year-old, a healthy 12-year-old with no symptoms with parents that are fit and healthy,” Matt told Fox 10.

“I’ve coached for 28 years. I’ve never seen anything happen like this. I’m a physical therapist and I thought the worst case would be a broken leg.”

Cardiac arrests are rare but not unheard of among children — and doctors say the response time for CPR is crucial to save lives and prevent permanent damage.

“We signed her up for a cooling study for her body, which is what (Damar) Hamlin, the Bills football player, went through, it’s what Christian Eriksen, the (Danish) soccer player, went through when they had heart conditions,” Matt told Fox 10.

“To try to keep her brain and liver and kidney and heart functions as normal and minimize tissue damage moving forward as possible,” he said.

Meanwhile, cardiac electrophysiologist Peter Weiss with Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix is advocating for the quick accessibility of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.

“People say it’s a miracle that these people are revived, but it’s actually not miraculous. It’s regular people doing the right thing at the right time. This is something people can be trained in, quite simply,” Weiss told the news outlet.

A GoFundMe page created to help the family with medical costs has raised more than $45,000.

“My family has experienced lifetimes of love in two and a half days,” Matt said.