NFL statement on Bills-Bengals postponement

Hello ATS and American football fans,

From the NFL:

"Tonight’s Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game has been postponed after Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin collapsed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced.

Hamlin received immediate medical attention on the field by team and independent medical staff and local paramedics. He was then transported to a local hospital where he is in critical condition.

Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

The NFL has been in constant communication with the NFL Players Association which is in agreement with postponing the game."

It's been reported he's in a critical situation. This is very sad, proffesional athlete, peak shape.

My thoughts and prayers are for him and his family.

Here is a doctor explaining how this can happen.



I wanted to get this in here before the anti vax crowd comes in.

originally posted by: starviego
The tackle didn't look that hard or violent. Had he taken the Vax?

He most certainly did but I don't think this was the cause.

Pray for him and his family.

a reply to: litterbaux

What's the conspiracy angle?

ESPN is having a hard time filling the time slot with no football. They have to keep going on local ABC channels until 11pm Eastern.

a reply to: litterbaux

I wanted to get this in here before the anti vax crowd comes in.

Thanks for the fresh talking points.

originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: litterbaux

What's the conspiracy angle?

Getting ahead of it. I know this is going to be a big story tomorrow.

MODS please move as appropriate.

originally posted by: litterbaux
Here is a doctor explaining how this can happen.

I wanted to get this in here before the anti vax crowd comes in.

I find it rather interesting this doctor comes on to do a video minutes after this occurs to say "this isn't because of a vaccine". A good doctor wouldn't even make a claim with none of the man's medical records in front of him.

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: litterbaux

I wanted to get this in here before the anti vax crowd comes in.

Thanks for the fresh talking points.

Trust me, I wasn't partaking in the experimental vaccine. This case though, according to the doctor, this happened right after a strike to the chest which can disrupt the heartbeat in a way to cause cardiac arrest.

People in an office have co-workers keel over from time-to-time. I've lost co-workers.

Life goes on.

These guys are big and tough, but are overreacting because they're so young.

originally posted by: litterbaux

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: litterbaux

I wanted to get this in here before the anti vax crowd comes in.

Thanks for the fresh talking points.

Trust me, I wasn't partaking in the experimental vaccine. This case though, according to the doctor, this happened right after a strike to the chest which can disrupt the heartbeat in a way to cause cardiac arrest.

It could also knock blood clots loose or be the straw that breaks the camels back. When has this ever happened in the NFL? That wasn't even a hard hit.

originally posted by: litterbaux

originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: litterbaux

I wanted to get this in here before the anti vax crowd comes in.

Thanks for the fresh talking points.

Trust me, I wasn't partaking in the experimental vaccine. This case though, according to the doctor, this happened right after a strike to the chest which can disrupt the heartbeat in a way to cause cardiac arrest.

I was watching the game when it happened. Damar tackled the guy with the ball, stood up for 3 seconds, then fell backwards with only his hands moving. No way to tell how long it took for the doctors to rush out on the field, because the game was broadcast with a 5 minute delay.

a reply to: Cambury

Exactly my thoughts, it can’t be the vaccine but instead it is this incident that the doctor goes on to say “rarely” occurs.

24 year old athletes having cardiac arrest, in critical condition, nah nothing to see here.

a reply to: Cambury

He's not his primary physician so that is a very weird thing to declare, I agree. I think what he should have said is, this type of trauma can be caused by this type of impact.

Either way the NFL took this very serious and we should all pray for this person.

a reply to: litterbaux

Yes, indeed, and im not dismissing it anymore than im dismissing it being vaccine related.

Facts about Commotio Cordis

More than 224 cases have been reported to the US Commotio Cordis Registry since 1995. It’s estimated, however, that many more cases have not been reported.

Based on the Registry cases of commotio cordis the survival rate was 24%.

95% of cases affected males.

Commotio cordis most frequently occurs in those aged between 10 and 18 years.

50% of episodes occur during competitive sports, a further 25% occur during recreational sports, and the other 25% occurs during other activities that involve blunt force trauma to the chest wall.

(Source: Life in the Fast Lane)

Today, this type of trauma is most often caused by the impact of a ball, hit, or puck to the chest. When an athlete takes a blow to the area directly over the heart at a critical time during the cycle of a heartbeat, it may cause cardiac arrest.
According to the HeartRescue Project, the risk of SCA is three times greater in competitive athletes. The average age of athletes who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest is just 17 and more than two-thirds of young athletes who die suddenly are basketball and football players. Baseball, softball, hockey, and lacrosse players, however, are especially susceptible to commotio cordis.

Keep in mind special padding football player wear to dispace such blows. Hockey equipment has also been designed with this in mind.

Link.

Posted earlier here
www.abovetopsecret.com...

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