Damar Hamlin
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I just read that he had a pulse, but was not breathing on his own when he got in the ambulance.
It seems to me a neck injury would be my guess. He was hit in his lower face mask and that potentially could cause a cervical fracture. It’s possible the fracture was stable and him moving caused it to shift.
I’m hoping it’s more a cardiac event because if it’s a cervical fracture it’s potentially fatal or a situation thar would cause quadriplegia .
Best case scenario in that case is similar to Adam Taliferro. This scares the crap out of me.
I’m hoping it’s more a cardiac event because if it’s a cervical fracture it’s potentially fatal or a situation thar would cause quadriplegia .
Best case scenario in that case is similar to Adam Taliferro. This scares the crap out of me.
Pulse is good--i wont' comment on the rest since I'm not a medical professional
In 1971 Chuck Hughes of the Detroit Lions collapsed and died on the field (heart attack)during the last minute of a game against the Bears. Players finished the game but ghost walked through it. I was ten years older watching it on TV.
ESPN is either too ignorant or too sanctimonious to mention Hughes, the would rather go on describing how indescribable it is.
ESPN is either too ignorant or too sanctimonious to mention Hughes, the would rather go on describing how indescribable it is.
They weren't born or don't remember it. I'm almost 50 and wasn't alive for that. Being mad about them not knowing that is odd.
Pulse is at least something positive
But they're not researching it--they're literally fighting emotion that you can see on TV. They're not real journalists. One is a former player--he's not researching anything. Maybe blame the research team but it's really not the time to take shots at ESPN
This shows how silly we all are about caring so much about these stupid insignificant games.
I think, at the same time, it shows we understand how insignificant it is in the grand scheme of things. Look at the overall reaction.
Announcers just said he’s in the hospital in critical condition. If true, that’s some good news given the alternative.
No but he's still alive and now the next few hours are vital.
They were likely providing oxygen while doing CPR so that's hopeful. I'm most worried that he wasn't breathing on his own. The critical condition part wasn't surprising but them not saying "but stable" was truly devastating though because...I don't know it's just hard not to assume the worst while praying for the best.
Aren’t there like editorial staff who would be relating this and Eriksen to the announcers? I mean, it just seems odd that they wouldn’t bring up any similar circumstances during this long airtime.
I would think Eriksen would be great to bring up as a success story. He played in the World Cup just a few weeks ago so it might help to offer some positive vibes.
Critical is not good, but “serious” is worse. Critical doesn’t necessarily mean unstable though. 🙏
You're right. I think that's more about people in the US not knowing anything about soccer because it was the first thing I thought of.
It's understandable that they did not continue showing replays of the play in which Hamlin was injured. I thought it was a hit to the very top of the chest, and party to his chin, with possible impact to his neck and spinal cord. That would explain why he was not breathing on his own, no?
But I suppose it could have just been blunt force trauma to his chest and heart. Remarkably tragic. Prayers up for this poor kid and his family. The NFL simply HAS to replay or cancel that game. It can't go on tonight.
When I was a kid, I saw a Wilkes College football player die on the field. Aneurysm, I think.
Thoughts and prayers for Damar Hamlin. So scary and sad.
Edit…actually, just read he died the next day.
50 years later, remembering Wilkes Colonel Bobby McBride | Times Leader
WILKES-BARRE — On Nov. 18, 1972, Bobby McBride led the Wilkes College Colonels on to the field for a game against King’s Point.
www.timesleader.com
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I won't lie. The first thing I thought of, as a Steelers fan, was this was just like Shazier--in Cincinnati. Then I saw Diggs and Allen---I knew it worse than that.
Definitely. There are at least 4 physicians on the sidelines, so between them and the paramedics they probably did a pretty good job of CPR.
Hamlin being intubated and in critical condition makes me unsure (and nervous) about whether this is a commotio cordis event.
For those unfamiliar with him, he’s a good player but an even better person. Very involved in the community and still gives back to kids in McKees Rocks.
For those unfamiliar with him, he’s a good player but an even better person. Very involved in the community and still gives back to kids in McKees Rocks.
Declare a tie for the game and then decide if Buffalo can play next week over the next day or two.
There was a browns or bengals player in the 90s who needed cpr on the field.
A lineman I believe.
Basically died and was resuscitated.
Thank goodness ABC/ESPN showed the MNF crew some mercy and handed it off to Scott Van Pelt, who might be the best journalist possible to cover an event like this.
The MNF crew (not Buck and Aikman but the studio crew) really did a nice job considering. Don't get me wrong--they weren't the best people equipped to do it but it almost made it better because it "real" Van Pelt is definitely more composed and professional.
Depends on what rythm the heart is in. Defibbrillation is only effective on specific arrythmias.
