re: Bills 3 @ Bengals 7 1st Qtr - ESPN

After going into sudden cardiac arrest myself, watching him collapse made my skin crawl

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Everyone that says “it was t a big hit” need some perspective. Was it as big as other nfl hits? Of course not. But it was still a 220 lb man running 18 mph that hit him square in the chest. For the human body, that is a “big hit”

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It seemed like a routine hit for NFL football but there are always other factors.

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Que ESPN "Now on to sportscenter!"

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I mean SVP can probably handle this the best of all their on air talent.

Again, credit to Booger.

Scott Van Pelt is pure class

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It's incredibly stupid that they don't have contingency plans and were not prepared to act more quickly

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Contingency plans for how to handle the logistics of a schedule if a player collapses during a game? All that matters on acting quickly is that Hamlin received the care he needed. That happened. Knowing exactly what to do, quickly, about the game itself is unimportant

Yeah SVP is the only person that should be on the screen right now.

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She knows she fricked up huge at the beginning of this and has been walking on eggshells ever since by overcompensating

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She even got the fake sniffles going for a minute

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What are the odds this is temporary? Is a vent always a sign it’s over or is it just a bad sign that can be overcome?

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When someone is unconscious the muscles in the throat collapse and shut off the airway. Intubation secures the airway and that is kind of a big deal in fact securing the airway is the most important thing. Once he regains consciousness then the ET can be pulled out. Intubation is never a good sign but it’s not always a bad sign either.

ETA: Just speculating here but from watching the video of the hit he got hit right in the sternum and he probably suffered injury to the pericardial tissue surrounding the heart. He probably went into cardiac arrest secondary to pericardial tamponade (fluid in this case blood surrounds the heart and prevents it from beating) which presents with a sudden severe drop in blood pressure 30 seconds or so after the trauma which would explain why he got up and the passed out. Again, I am just speculating.

Looks like the same thing that happened to Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen. Had a heart attack on the field. Heart stopped. They shocked him back. Hopefully Hamlin pulls through like Eriksen did.

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But they said he had a pulse. I don’t know shite, so im legitimately asking. Would that cause you to stop breathing while maintains a pulse?

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Did they say he had a pulse after cpr? You don’t administer cpr when a pulse is present.