Bills Damar Hamlin Injury Thread

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  1. The Hammer

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    Damar Hamlin.

    honestly don’t know much about him but the tackle didn’t seem that serious. Just crazy timing unless there’s more that hasn’t been disclosed on why such a young guy, athlete, would have this issue.
     
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  3. The Hammer

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    Not common but not unheard of either. There is a known cardiac condition that has been known to impact young athletes.

    Commotio Cordis | Korey Stringer Institute


    https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/nfl-shaken-by-damar-hamlin-collapse/


     
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    Actually, that is the theory here. If you look at the replay of the tackle, Tee Higgens' helmet hits Hamlin squarely in the chest at full speed. I think that this has happened in baseball (not MLB) in the past, and I have seen references to a hockey player going into cardiac arrest after getting hit in the chest with a puck back in 1998.

    This was very scary though. He makes the tackle, actually gets on his feet, then collapses. Horrific...
     
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    LOL I know


    If you had only given me a few more minutes :)
     
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    I watched a video on Commotio Cordis. The doctor said the impact had to happen right at the very moment to disrupt the heart. Milliseconds before or after and he's fine.

    Pretty crazy stuff. But in this instance it looks like that's what happened. The hit to the chest disrupted his heart, he had time to stand up before his body stopped functioning and he passed out (or died). The way he slammed his head wasn't pretty either.
     
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    At this point my biggest concern is that he is still intubated (on a ventilator). Last night the medics were able to restart his heart, but he was not able to breathe on his own (hence the ventilator). He is in a medically induced coma to allow for recovery, and hopefully the breathing come back. However, when the heart stops the brain is deprived of Oxygen, so damage fro that (if any) is an unknown until he wakes up here.
     
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    The latest update I read was that he needs 50% oxygen from ventilation, down from 100%. That update was around 30 minutes ago.
     
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