Damar Hamlin updates, prayers and discussion thread
 

Here to separate the football from the human side

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Putting love into the world comes back 3xs as much… thankful for everyone who has reached out and prayed. This will make me stronger on the road to recovery, keep praying for me! ��[emoji2535][emoji2391]</p>— ���������� ������������ (@HamlinIsland) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamlinIsland/status/1611848704117415936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A blessing: The breathing tube is out of Damar Hamlin as of this morning and he has begun talking to Buffalo Bills teammates again. Hamlin has had a breathing tube in body through his throat since Monday night, but no longer needs it and can breathe fully on his own. <a href="https://t.co/C021XSOJsu">https://t.co/C021XSOJsu</a></p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1611373647389945857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bills</a> S Damar Hamlin opened his eyes last night and is responsive. Truly incredible. One thing that&#39;s very clear from speaking to those close to him: They are endlessly appreciative of the medical care given to Hamlin on the field immediately, then over the last 72 hours.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1611024846430822401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Damar Hamlin has been gripping the hands of those close to him. Another very positive sign. <a href="https://t.co/GpabbnqTWm">https://t.co/GpabbnqTWm</a></p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1611025661757653000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



Medical analysis:

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/mxksc-the...nity-toy-drive

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Damar Hamlin’s #3 jersey has been Fanatics’ top-seller among all sports since Monday night.<br><br>Fanatics plans to donate all proceeds from Hamlin’s jersey sales to his toy drive — which now has more than $5.5M in donations. <a href="https://t.co/nwbOb83Gnv">pic.twitter.com/nwbOb83Gnv</a></p>&mdash; Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOS/status/1610474344425361410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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Prayers up

May every asshole in here that decides to turn this into a DC thread be permanently banned

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The NFL is conducting a conference call momentarily regarding Damar Hamlin. We will pass along all relevant information shared.</p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1610139995355881474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

yep

That black reporter on ESPN at the hospital has mentioned three times that he used to live in Cinci and lived “right down the street” from the hospital.

He also said that he had to vouch for Diggs to get into the hospital.

Dude, it’s not about you.

Copying this tweet from the other thread. It's been the only reported update that seemed to be substantiated (by folks like Rapoport).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update on Damar:<br><br>His vitals are back to normal and they have put him to sleep to put a breathing tube down his throat. They are currently running tests. <br><br>We will provide updates as we have them.</p>&mdash; Jordon Rooney (@jordonr) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordonr/status/1610116502845558784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Just read that there are no planned updates for tonight on his condition

Crazy. Hope he can recover. Can only imagine being a family member or friend and seeing that happen live. Here is what probably happened:

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Thanks - added to the OP - and I'll update anymore relevant tweets to the thread header.

Just an awful situation. Prayers up.

Anyone know a BUF fan on one of their boards? Maybe you could let them know that we're praying with them over here.

Prayers up for sure. Horrific situation.

Because everyone should know how to do CPR

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-clas...-cpr/cpr-steps

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mxksc-the...nity-toy-drive

His charity just hit 2 million dollars

Yeah and I'd say please no discussion of football implications. Can keep that in the GameDay or elsewhere.

This one hits hard. At fourteen my daughter was intubated in a coma for four days. I was fortunate to be walking back into her room when she awoke, caught my eyes and smiled. There are no words for that.

Be well young man, and from whatever power there is out there in the universe may there be grace to the family.

Side stories like this rekindle my faith in humanity.

Prayers for Hamlin!

Best wishes for him and his family and friends. Horrible to see something like this.

Just donated wow makes me feel good god bless the young man pray he survives and thrives ❤️

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the Bengals. His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the UC Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition.</p>&mdash; Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1610166228559052801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Praying for Hamlin and his family. Hopefully he can make a miracle recovery!

My Heart goes out this young man.

Hope to God he comes out of this.

Update from the Bills

Tough ordeal you don't ever consider as probable on a football field. Prayers out, he's a good player.

I knew it was going to be a heart stopping game…..

Wow.

Incredible.

I’ve never heard of anything like that.

Best wishes for the young man. Nobody expected to see this shit.

CPR may have saved his life. If that happened in front of me Im ashamed I wouldn't know what to do other than call for help. By then it may be too late.

That is exactly why more people should learn and keep current on CPR. It can and will save someones life!

Go **** yourself

There's always one.

Look around, there are free classes being given for the public to learn!

Do your part!

It sounds like he may not have been in cardiac arrest for very long. Because of where this happened, in a place where there are doctors and paramedics and everything else at the ready, maybe he stands a decent chance of beating the odds.

Seems as if he might suffer from Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Hereditary genetic issue that can cause cardiac arrest in young athletes. Only time will tell. Prayers to him and his family.

Thankfully I'd say we're far enough out that any of those rumors of him being dead already are complete bullshit. Just hope they resuscitated quick enough that he won't be affected in any major way going forward

With the amount of people who take hit to the chest in all sports across the world I would not be surprised if there was another factor involved , congenital heart defects even in élite athletes go unnoticed fairly often.

To be optimistic, based on the fact that he received CPR so quickly and his heart rhythm was restored on the field … I bet he’s going to be all right. They will keep him sedated on the ventilator, possibly with body cooled down (hypothermia protocol) for a day to improve prognosis for neurological recovery. So we may not hear anything more today.

My DIL is an ER RN and her take is the EMTs did the right thing last night and saved his life. It’s now time to understand if there was other damage, so I’m hopeful that we we will hear good news today, but it may take longer.

The fallout over the biz side of things will be interesting to watch unfold over the next few days. The show must go on.

Thank God he is alive and stable, what an awful outcome for everyone involved

Scary stuff last night.


Prayers for Damar and his family.

Just woke up fearing bad news.

Glad he is hanging on.

Even at 6:30 this morning, I would say any speculation is crap.

Except for:

He is alive and in critical condition.

Everything will be told, but this is not the time for anything else.

Hoping to hear good news today..

My wife is one too. She said they 100% have saved his life for now. 9 minutes is an eternity though and… we need to pray for him

Prayers and best wishes to Damar and his family. That was awful. I wish him the best.

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.

Damar Hamlin updates, prayers and discussion thread
 

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.

Thank you. I don't think people realize that the time elapsed BEFORE CPR is initiated is when the brain damage occurs. Not DURING CPR. CPR keeps the blood and oxygen flowing thru the body while trying to restart the heart.

The medical analysis from the OP matches up well with a lot of the speculation from people in the know were discussing in the GDT last night. Such a freak type of thing to happen. I really wish I hadn't seen it live, and on a regular Monday night game, I probably wouldn't have.

Sounds right. I had a client who had this very thing happen and he was deceased 3 days later. I pray that’s not Damar’s fate.

Why are so many missing or just choosing to ignore this important fact?

You know why. LMAO

I don’t know if it was mentioned in the GDT, but do we know how much time passed from the time he collapsed until they began CPR? I was watching on and off and turned the game back on to see an ambulance on the field and had no idea what had happened.

How great are Americans regardless of race, religion, politics, ethnicity or team loyalty?

His charity goal of $2,500 has reached $3,500,000.

It was within a minute or two if that. Medical staff were on the field within about 20 seconds assessing him. I would imagine it didn't take long for them to figure out he wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse.

I want to see a hospital photo of this guy sitting up, giving a giant thumbs up and a smile, and be like "HOLY SHIT! You blew my donation goal out of the water!!!"

That's what would make me happiest.

if someone is unconscious those are the first 2 things you check, even if you like suspect a concussion you'd still check since it only takes a couple seconds

Praying for Damar and his circle of folks today all the way to his fans. Hoping they will receive any good news throughout this ordeal. Couldn’t imagine if it was one of our Chiefs. Prayers Up…

Yup , my son’s teammate died a few years ago due to multiple strokes at the age of 13 , it was tough on the kids and even more so on all the parents. , https://noahstrong.ca/about/.

This was before COVID vaccines before the morons chime in.

Add a little time to get off his helmet, pads as well.

Wife who works at KU where all the sickest go (CRNA and former neuro ICU) was spot on last night so you can take this as truth. Says they probably did scans last night which can reveal potential physical damage but that they won’t really know how his brain is impacted until they wake him up, which she thinks will be today, and they’ll wake him up slowly.

Says if no damage he will basically just be fine when he wakes up as far as brain activity goes. But says even then would need some heart tests, procedure maybe, pacemaker, etc. Also says worst case scenarios are still a possibility for when he wakes up such as paralyses, severe stroke effects, etc. but that if he was being given good CPR acted on quickly these things are greatly reduced as possibilities.

Thank you so much for all of your updates and info. It’s been invaluable to many of us.

I keep visualizing an AP photo of him sitting up in his bed smiling, giving a reassuring thumbs up while surrounded by hospital staff, family, and/or friends/teammates. It's all I see.

Update - no news but that news is coming

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are expecting to have an update on Damar Hamlin soon. <br><br>Praying for good news.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BillsMafia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BillsMafia</a></p>&mdash; NFL RUMORS (@NFLREPORTCARD) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLREPORTCARD/status/1610299942995910656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

FWIW
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spokesperson for Damar Hamlin&#39;s family says Damar is “fighting,” and that the family is taking it “minute-by-minute” and “hour-by-hour.”</p>&mdash; NFL RUMORS (@NFLREPORTCARD) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLREPORTCARD/status/1610310923084005376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hmmm. Not much to react to there. You can make some conjecture about it, but too much is unknown.

Damn. Was hoping for/expecting something a bit more positive than that.