Damar Hamlin - prayers

[OnceUponATime15]

I've read speculation he may have suffered commotio cordis. Hopefully the immediate intervention is positive for him.

Pray that is not the diagnosis.. commotio cordis is rare and difficult to survive.

 

[Shutterbug]

An AED was administered on the field, which I take to mean this was a cardiac event.

Yeah…it was a fairly “ordinary” play by NFL standards. Everyone‘s first reaction is head injury, but it could equally be a cardiac event from the hit to the chest or unknown existing issue

An AED was administered on the field, which I take to mean this was a cardiac event.

 

[focusondisney]

An AED was administered on the field, which I take to mean this was a cardiac event.

An AED was administered on the field, which I take to mean this was a cardiac event.

An AED was used because he had no heart beat. We don’t know what caused his heart to stop at this point.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

 

[LSUmiss]

I've read speculation he may have suffered commodio cordis. Hopefully the immediate intervention is positive for him.

Wow. Maybe he’ll be ok then. I can’t stop thinking about his mom!

 

[Minnesota!]

It's absolutely horrifying. Sending healing to Demar...

 

[AgentMama]

Wow. Maybe he’ll be ok then. I can’t stop thinking about his mom!

Same. I cannot imagine witnessing that happen to one of my children.

 

[Tink3815]

sending prayers for his recovery

 

[focusondisney]

Also sending prayers to Tee Higgins, the Bengals player involved in the play. Nothing is his fault.

 

[sam_gordon]

I think an ESPN reporter said there is going to be a press conference at the hospital "shortly".

 

[kymom99]

Local news just reported he is in critical condition and intubated. His vitals are stable.

 

[Marrila]

Prayers for Damar and his family.
Also prayers for both the Bills and the Bengals teams. They all were shocked and very worried.

 

[focusondisney]

Prayers for Damar and his family.
Also prayers for both the Bills and the Bengals teams. They all were shocked and very worried.

Watching the replays of the players reactions, it strikes me how young they are.

 

[ChrisFL]

Very sad, sometimes it's the mundane looking hits that are worse than we expect (I'm reminded of Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s crash) depending on how and where things hit

 

[prairie_girl]

Also sending prayers to Tee Higgins, the Bengals player involved in the play. Nothing is his fault.

This is what I keep thinking about too. He must feel absolutely devastated.

I’m not really a football fan, but at the root of it all, he’s still a human being. I hope he will be ok.

*he has had a gofundme up for a couple of years, trying to raise $2500 to help a daycare give out gifts at Christmas time. It had not yet raised its goal.

As of right now, it’s at $3.1 million. Donate if you can.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mxksc-the-chasing-ms-foundation-community-toy-drive

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You can put an AED on but it doesn’t necessarily shock unless it’s a shockable rhythm. (Not all are.) But it was the best thing to do in that situation and quickly. That gives the best chance of survival for something like commotio cordis. CC is rare because there has to be a hit to an exact location in the chest during an exact moment of the electrical conduction of the heartbeat.

I’m not a football fan and didn’t see even a video of this incident, but from what you guys have said, if there was a big hit, something inside could’ve dislodged or punctured something else OR he could’ve had a heart condition that caused a sudden arrythmia (which would probably be a best case scenario since that could likely be a shockable rhythm). I hope things work out for him.

We see these types of things in the hospital regularly, unfortunately.

 

[C&Jx2]

I've read speculation he may have suffered commodio cordis. Hopefully the immediate intervention is positive for him.

This is what I was thinking... "r on t"

 

[C&Jx2]

You can put an AED on but it doesn’t necessarily shock unless it’s a shockable rhythm. (Not all are.) But it was the best thing to do in that situation and quickly. That gives the best chance of survival for something like commotio cordis. CC is rare because there has to be a hit to an exact location in the chest during an exact moment of the electrical conduction of the heartbeat.

I’m not a football fan and didn’t see even a video of this incident, but from what you guys have said, if there was a big hit, something inside could’ve dislodged or punctured something else OR he could’ve had a heart condition that caused a sudden arrythmia (which would probably be a best case scenario since that could likely be a shockable rhythm). I hope things work out for him.

We see these types of things in the hospital regularly, unfortunately.

I think they were talking about another player at a different time being injured from a hard hit. The one this player had before the event was normal to the naked eye. Whatever caused it, I'm thinking he might have suffered an anoxic brain injury from being down for the 20 mins or so... Hopefully he'll be alright.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

DH started talking about this last night, and we turned on the news. It is absolutely horrifying. Prayers for a full recovery!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I think they were talking about another player at a different time being injured from a hard hit. The one this player had before the event was normal to the naked eye. Whatever caused it, I'm thinking he might have suffered an anoxic brain injury from being down for the 20 mins or so... Hopefully he'll be alright.

I hope they were able to restore a normal rhythm then, and that he’s able to recover.