Damar Hamlin Collapse... How Frightening!

Tish said:
Are there any updates on him?
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This is the latest I can find on nfl.com
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, 24, remains in critical condition with signs of improvement, two days after suffering a cardiac arrest during Monday's game against the Bengals, the Bills announced on Wednesday afternoon.
"Damar remains in the ICU in critical condition with signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight," the team said in a statement. "He is expected to remain under intensive care as his health care team continues to monitor and treat him."
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I was watching when it happened (was wide awake at 2am).
Similar events have happened in Soccer which obviously doesn't have the hits of the NFL and on another forum there was a post about a similar event in an NFL game in the early seventies.
Apparently the player concerned did not survive.
Found it...
Lions receiver Chuck Hughes suffered a heart attack, collapsed on the field and died during an October 1971 game against the Chicago Bears. The Detroit Free Press reports that it's believed Hughes is the only NFL player who died while competing in a game.
(Apparently the game continued!)
 
This is the closest I've seen to a real update. At least you get an idea what doctors are doing and what the plan is.
He's had a heart attack and now nature has to take its course.

 

Good news! Damar is awake and communicating!


Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin is awake in a Cincinnati hospital, is neurologically sound and is moving his hands and feet, doctors said Thursday, news that has drawn relief and joy from supporters nationwide days after the 24-year-old’s in-game cardiac arrest.

And his first question upon awakening?

“Did we win?” Hamlin scribbled on a clipboard, according to Dr. Timothy Pritts, vice chair for clinical operations at UC Health.

“Yes, Damar, you won. You’ve won the game of life,” Pritts said at a news conference in Cincinnati Thursday afternoon, paraphrasing the response of one of his medical partners.

Hamlin remains on a ventilator, and has been communicating with yes and no answers by shaking his head, nodding or writing brief notes, according to Pritts.

“So, we know that it’s not only that the lights are on, we know that he’s home. And that it appears all cylinders are firing within his brain,” Pritts said.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/sport/damar-hamlin-collapse-bills-status-thursday/index.html
 
Tish said:
@Furryanimal Thank you for the update.
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As of Thursday's World News Tonight report, Damar is said to have made a "remarkable improvement". But he's still in the ICU and on a ventilator. He's able to write and his first question was "Who won the game". I think it was his coach or someone answered "You did...you won the game of life". He's obviously very well loved and respected. Watching each report, even the good news, gives me chills and has almost brought me to tears. His father addressed the team and told them not to postpone their their Sunday game but play it for Damar.

This young man started a toy drive for underprivileged children when he was 22 years old.
“As I embark on my journey to the NFL, I will never forget where I come from and I am committed to using my platform to positively [affect] the community that raised me,” Hamlin wrote on a GoFundMe campaign supporting his charity. “I created the Chasing M’s Foundation as a vehicle that will allow me to deliver that impact and the first program is the 2020 community toy drive."
His goal for the charity starting on GoFundMe was $2,500. Before his collapse, it had reached $2,900. After the donations have skyrocketed to over 6 million dollars.
 
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It was so heartwarming to see news reports (images included) of Damar watching the Bills game and making his signature 💗 sign. And they did him proud.The outpouring of love, support, all the people wearing his jersey number in tribute to him, once again gave me chills and got me misty eyed. I think maybe one of the reasons I've been so impacted by his story is that in some photos, he reminds me very much of my second oldest grandson. Damar said he realizes he has a long road to recovery; I'll be praying he for a full recovery for him. 🤲😄🏈
 
Hamlin did not have any underlying conditions. He suffered what is called commotio cordis:

" Commotio cordis is a phenomenon that occurs when a sudden blunt impact to the chest causes cardiac arrest. Despite the physicality of the NFL, this is an extremely rare occurrence; there are only about 30 cases in the US each year in total. Dr. Brian Sutterer explained that commotio cordis is so rare “we typically only think we’re going to read about it in textbooks.”

He continued: “Essentially what can happen is when you have a blunt trauma to the chest that occurs at exactly the right time in the cardiac electrical cycle, your heart can be sent into cardiac arrest.” Two things need to occur for arrhythmia and arrest to occur: The hit has to be hard enough and fall within “milliseconds of a time window”. Outside of that 15ish millisecond-second window, you’ll “be fine”, explained Dr. Sutterer but commotio cordis is serious and can be life-threatening. "

Interestingly, commotio cordis happens most often in children, not adults, because they have less body mass to absorb shock impacts.
 

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