Let’s hope he didn’t suffer any brain damage from being out prior to being resuscitated. Thank God for expert medical care on the sidelines.

Praying for the dude, his family and his team. Difficult to watch, and glad the NFL did the right thing in cancelling the game relatively quickly.

I'm not going to speculate, but to tell people they can't is a bit odd as long as they stay well within reason. Humans are known from a young age to ponder "why?", it is our nature.

From what I learned in CPR training is brain damage starts at 4 minutes. CPR was reportedly given for 6-9 minutes. Just a horrific situation.

Of course it is, looking forward to an update.

Yep, pray. :thumb:

I would assume 4min is without oxygen, and CPR does help get some oxygen to the brain which was started quickly , not sure about how the length of CPR and how much o2 left in the bloodstream etc would affect prognosis but everyone can be different.

Praying for him and his family. I can't imagine how hard that was for his mother to watch. Hopefully he can make a full recovery:grovel:

Give credit to the medical staff. That was a chaotic situation directly in front of 80,000 people, and millions watching at home.

Talk about performing under pressure. Anywhere and maybe anyone else and this would already be over. Kid has a chance thanks to them.

I kept picturing my son dropping like that and all the chaos and uncertainty.

Horrifying.

It's mentioned in the OP about how to do CPR, if you're not working from home, the Red Cross will come to your work and do first responder training and I believe it's a free service. I've done the training, it's good and thank god I've never had to use it.

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class

Also you can take free first responder classes from the Red Cross and they go over things like choking, CPR and using an AED. My parents both did it when I was a kid because we had a pool, thank god my dad never had to do CPR on anyone since he popped the arms off the mannequin when he was practicing chest compressions.

This has been just awful to watch unfold. Living in Cincinnati, I can tell you that the UC Hospital is the top trauma unit in the region so he should be getting the best care available. Hopefully this coupled with the fact that he received immediate medical treatment will allow him to pull through without any long term effects.

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If good quality CPR was given as it probably was the length of 9 minutes CPR doesn’t really indicate anything other than they were trying to get him conscious and restore his heart rhythm and it doesn’t automatically mean he was suffering brain damage or will have any. They key is how long he was out before.

Him being in critical condition right now is not an indication of severity of the cardiac test either as it’s a designation given to anyone intubated and in the ICU.

Yup

I donated to his charity last night. I’m not sure if it’s been shared in here but in case it hasn’t:

https://gofund.me/01e78364

If you can or want to donate, that link should get you there.

Nothing changes your perspective on this type of situation more than having kids.