Damar Hamlin

[MrChadRico]

Just horrifying what's happened tonight to Bills Hamlin. I have shared Hamlin's Charity below. Bills fans donated to Tuas when he had his concussion earlier this year.

I donated and thought I'd share the link if anyone else would like to do the same.

God help Damar Hamlin

Donate to The Chasing M's Foundation Community Toy Drive, organized by Damar Hamlin

**UPDATE: This fundraiser was initially established to support a toy drive… Damar Hamlin needs your support for The Chasing M's Foundation Community Toy Drive

gofund.me

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

Just horrifying what's happened tonight to Bills Hamlin. I have shared Hamlin's Charity below. Bills fans donated to Tuas when he had his concussion earlier this year.

I donated and thought I'd share the link if anyone else would like to do the same.

God help Damar Hamlin

Donate to The Chasing M's Foundation Community Toy Drive, organized by Damar Hamlin

**UPDATE: This fundraiser was initially established to support a toy drive… Damar Hamlin needs your support for The Chasing M's Foundation Community Toy Drive

gofund.me

Just puts everything in perspective. I sure hope he is okay.

 

[powerball1373]

This is awful. Hope he's ok

 

[H.P. Lovedrafts]

This is so awful. Reminds me of when Lions LB Reggie Brown was badly hurt in 1997. They administered CPR on him too. I'm just praying Damar is going to pull through.

Thank you for sharing Damar's charity, @MrChadRico!

 

[Adam First]

Prayers up, positive thoughts to him and his family. This is a very sobering moment for the game of football. The game should be called, this is bigger than the game.

 

[Highzenga]

 

[Orange Fin Bad]

I'm afraid this has nothing to do with concussions. We know nothing for certain right now, but I suspected his heart stopped as soon as they showed the first replay. Then a couple of minutes later when I saw the look on the faces of the Bills players I really suspected this was different. Then when Joe Buck announced they were doing cpr I really suspected it.

It isn't normal to do cpr on someone who has been knocked out from a concussion, is it? If his heart did stop, what makes that happen? What would make a 24 year old athlete's heart stop?

This just doesn't happen often. We just don't see this happen on the field of play. Really sad! Pray the young man will be ok.

 

[Thumper1016]

Prayers for him, family and team mates right now.

 

[Adam First]

I'm afraid this has nothing to do with concussions. We know nothing for certain right now, but I suspected his heart stopped as soon as they showed the first replay. Then a couple of minutes later when I saw the look on the faces of the Bills players I really suspected this was different. Then when Joe Buck announced they were doing cpr I really suspected it.

It isn't normal to do cpr on someone who has been knocked out from a concussion, is it? If his heart did stop, what makes that happen? What would make a 24 year old athlete's heart stop?

This just doesn't happen often. We just don't see this happen on the field of play. Really sad! Pray the young man will be ok.

Yeah, this wasn't a concussion. Considering they had to administer CPR to him this looks like a cardiac arrest. It looked like he was hit on the chest. Reporters on Twitter saying he was being defibrillated as well.

This is terrible, terrible news.

 

[tggeorge]

Hope that young man pulls through. Very scary and makes me embarrassed about my whining with this perspective gained.

 

[circumstances]

This is crazy

 

[Orange Fin Bad]

This is just awful. So sad. Praying for that young man and his family.

 

[ChambersWI]

I donated, and I encourage everybody to do so

 

[Marino2.0]

I'm afraid this has nothing to do with concussions. We know nothing for certain right now, but I suspected his heart stopped as soon as they showed the first replay. Then a couple of minutes later when I saw the look on the faces of the Bills players I really suspected this was different. Then when Joe Buck announced they were doing cpr I really suspected it.

It isn't normal to do cpr on someone who has been knocked out from a concussion, is it? If his heart did stop, what makes that happen? What would make a 24 year old athlete's heart stop?

This just doesn't happen often. We just don't see this happen on the field of play. Really sad! Pray the young man will be ok.

With the caveat that I have no idea what Hamlin’s condition is, and this isn’t even speculation—it’s just an answer to your question: traumatic cardiac arrest could potentially make someone’s heart stop following blunt force trauma to the chest.

I really hope Hamlin is okay and pulls through this. Very, very scary situation.

 

[MARINO1384]

I'm afraid this has nothing to do with concussions. We know nothing for certain right now, but I suspected his heart stopped as soon as they showed the first replay. Then a couple of minutes later when I saw the look on the faces of the Bills players I really suspected this was different. Then when Joe Buck announced they were doing cpr I really suspected it.

It isn't normal to do cpr on someone who has been knocked out from a concussion, is it? If his heart did stop, what makes that happen? What would make a 24 year old athlete's heart stop?

This just doesn't happen often. We just don't see this happen on the field of play. Really sad! Pray the young man will be ok.

Commotio Cordis most likely. Trauma to the chest causes your heart to stop. Luckily medical professionals were on stand by and probably did cpr and aed within 1-2 minutes. The chance of survival usually depends on how fast you receive treatment.