Damar Hamlin Collapse... How Frightening!

TeeJay said:
My daughter watched it "live", and came running downstairs to tell me about it! Best of luck to him!
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It was like slow motion... the falling over. They have now intubated him to do the testing they need to do. It was just a routine play as far as I could tell.
 

I've seen worse collisions and the players would get up and go back to the huddle. I'm thinking he might have some underlying condition that manifested itself when he was hit.
 
Blunt force trauma to the heart, causing a cardiac arrest. Fortunately for him it happened in the middle of a field surrounded by the 2 team doctors, who had immediate access to a defribilator, and immediate CPR was done. Transport to a near by medical center by Paramedic Ambulance. Even a strong fit young man CAN have such an event, if the hit was hard enough to shock his heart into arrest. He is still listed this morning as "critical " . JimB In Toronto.
 
I was watching to game, and saw the event. About 30 minutes later, they cancelled the game. He was lucky that the NFL is well prepared for player injuries, and he got the quick treatment that probably saved his life. Pro football is dangerous, and it's a wonder that more players don't get seriously injured.
 
The hits these guys take for our entertainment are unbelievable!
I didn't see this game, but have been reading/looking at reviews about it. Terrible.

I used to sit in NRG Stadium, ground level seats for Texan games. Watching the running game, and the hits at high speed always made me cringe ... Just couldn't believe the speed at which they smash into each other ... Andre Johnson comes to mind.

TV just can't show the true speed that you see in person.
 
JustBonee said:
The hits these guys take for our entertainment are unbelievable!
I didn't see this game, but have been reading/looking at reviews about it. Terrible.

I used to sit in NRG Stadium, ground level seats for Texan games. Watching the running game, and the hits at high speed always made me cringe ... Just couldn't believe the speed at which they smash into each other ... Andre Johnson comes to mind.

TV just can't show the true speed that you see in person.
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Think about this......Professional hockey players can reach speeds of 25 miles an hour on ice, and contact is the same as in football, except play can run for minutes at a time, until the whistle blows for a goal, or a penalty , or an offside play. Compare that to the short periods of time that a NFL player is in motion on the field. And of course in football there are two different offensive and defensive groups so each group gets to rest while the other group is on the field , whereas in hockey players play both ways and change on the fly. Top stars in hockey play up to 30 minutes a game, some more.

If you look at NHL hockey players their body type is like that of a ultra marathon athlete, not a body builder. Lean and fit, with amazing oxygen uptake after being on the ice for 2 minutes. Some NHL players are still playing a full season at 38 or 39 years of age. Phil Kessel has just played his 1000th consecutive NHL game. He has not missed a game for that long. Zedano Cherra finally retired from the game at age 44. How many NFL players last that long, in a full speed full contact professional sport ? JimB In Toronto.
 
I gave up football years ago when kneeling was in Vogue. However, I wish for speedy recovery for him. It's like that player temporarily paralyzed from a hit. He quit, realizing his body health was more important than his wallet health.
 
You can see that he took a helmet to the chest. Just like a sharp strike to the chest can start the heart, a sharp strike to the chest can stop the heart. I have seen catchers take a sharply hit foul ball back to the catcher and striking him in the chest and it killed him. This happened in a teener league baseball game probably 20 years ago. This was shown on ESPN at the time. There were no doctors or defibrillators at the sites back then.
 
Disgustedman said:
I gave up football years ago when kneeling was in Vogue. However, I wish for speedy recovery for him. It's like that player temporarily paralyzed from a hit. He quit, realizing his body health was more important than his wallet health.
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Speaking of kneeling, his teammates knelt around him in prayer while he was unconscious on the field. A much different kind of kneeling than has been done on the playing fields relatively recently.
 
CallMeKate said:
Speaking of kneeling, his teammates knelt around him in prayer while he was unconscious on the field. A much different kind of kneeling than has been done on the playing fields relatively recently.
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A slight correction.....The prayer circle was off to one side, so the medical staff could have room to attend to him. JimB In Toronto.
 
CallMeKate said:
I stand corrected. :giggle: Certainly not "around him" physically because the medical team was there... "around him" in spirit and support.
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You are most welcome. AS a former Metro Toronto Ambulance guy, I can tell you that just getting through a crowd in a public place to get to a patient can be a difficult task. JimB In Toronto.
 
This makes for VERY interesting reading. Chris Pronger was a long time NHL tough guy. At age 24 he took a puck to the chest during a game in Detroit. It stopped his heart. He survived. Bob Probert was actually watching the game when the young football player collapsed. This is Chris Pronger's direct reaction given to a NHL sports interview show yesterday. He talks about what he felt while going into unconsciousness on the ice. He knows what it feels like to "almost die " LINK. SIMMONS: Chris Pronger's personal memory jolted by Damar Hamlin circumstance (msn.com) Amazingly he played the next night after that experience, but wearing a Holter heart monitor during the game. He is now retired.

JimB.
 
jimintoronto said:
This makes for VERY interesting reading. Chris Pronger was a long time NHL tough guy. At age 24 he took a puck to the chest during a game in Detroit. It stopped his heart. He survived. Bob Probert was actually watching the game when the young football player collapsed. This is Chris Pronger's direct reaction given to a NHL sports interview show yesterday. He talks about what he felt while going into unconsciousness on the ice. He knows what it feels like to "almost die " LINK. SIMMONS: Chris Pronger's personal memory jolted by Damar Hamlin circumstance (msn.com) Amazingly he played the next night after that experience, but wearing a Holter heart monitor during the game. He is now retired.

JimB.
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Wow, those parallels! And the doctor cleared him to play so soon... do you think that was a good call? In any case, I found it interesting that his thought was "Get up, you can't let them see you like this" before he blacked out. I'm having a really hard time with him being cleared to play the next night, heart monitor or not!
 
CallMeKate said:
Wow, those parallels! And the doctor cleared him to play so soon... do you think that was a good call? In any case, I found it interesting that his thought was "Get up, you can't let them see you like this" before he blacked out. I'm having a really hard time with him being cleared to play the next night, heart monitor or not!
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He went on to play a further 12 years in the NHL. He retired due to a persistent ankle injury. JImB.
 
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I'm not a football fan and didn't even know he was until this story broke. But watching what happened on the news was heart wrenching. I felt such a sense of sadness for him, his family and team mates. It was heartwarming though to see the support from not only his team mates but the opposing team. So many young athletes have died over the past few years that it's mind boggling. I really hope and pray that he'll fully recover. He's just a "baby" at 24 years old; I have grandsons older than that.
 
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