Wyldnwoody44

Yes, this is nearly 100% Vfib from impact. Even his presentation of standing up and collapsing fits the picture of Vfib arrest. With Vfib, the heart is pumping as close to 0% as possible without being asystole. An AED senses this and delivers a defibrillation which is the #1 thing along with CPR. It appears as if everything was handled exactly as it should have been mecially on the scene. The good news is that mortality of Vfib from trauma is lower than mortality from a Vfib arrest with a patient with previous cardiac issues (being 24,hopefully means he had none that we know of) The hypothermia will protect any further cardiac tissue damage and the will lost likely wean him off the vent tonight/tomorrow. My fingers are crossed that the immediate interventions did what they should do and Damar will come through with only a couple of broken ribs from the CPR and a new shiny implantable defibrillator. I don't mind giving my medical thoughts on this, I live for this stuff, as corny as that sounds. I also don't want to wildly speculate on the health of a stranger, but at least come at it with some grounded medical basis 😊

So if his pulse returned to a sinus rhythm on its own then that is great news. Once intubated and put on a vent, the machine can actually trigger when a patient is taking their own breaths and there are many settings that can be adjusted to help with resp support instead of full on breaths. But for the hypothermia protocol and comfort the patient will stay sedated and on the vent for probably 48 hours. This is very highly likely a Vfib arrest with the timing of the hit being in the microsecond that it needed to cause this. Vfib has a poor prognosis in general. The fact that they got the AED and CPR going so fast may be the only saving grace. The main issue with Vfib is that anoxia occurs immediately and each minute that goes by is crucial in the outcome, so idk how fast they recognized it and started ACLS protocol on the field. I suspect that Hamlin will have a defibrillator placed at some point, the Vfib arrest mortality rate is still over 50% so we're not out of the woods, I am hoping he pulls through. Still just so absolutley crazy to think this all happened.

I think what's even scarier about this is that the hit didn't look all that ominous at first.

There's stable, fair, serious and then critical. It's not a good condition. There is a high likelihood of death and imminent death without major interventions (intubated, CPR, etc) Even if he lives through this, whatever the cause was, he will most likely never play again and may have some deficiencies in cardiac output and brain function. I hope I'm wrong, but critical condition is never a phrase I like to hear or tell any patient family members.

Yes, typically I will intubate a patient that had a cardiac arrest, unless they ROSC (return of heartbeat) and then are awake and talking. It's very protective of the heart and to prevent any anoxia (lack of 02)for the brain. Also hypothermia protocol may be used to cool the body to protect heart tissue. Jesus, just talking about this gives me chills and I deal with this every day 😭😭😭 Agreed, and Burrow with Josh showing a true embrace, not staged crap. There's a real fear in this situation and you saw both teams shared in it.

A carotid dissection seems more likely than an aortic one, but a dissection would be near instant death in most cases and a pulse wouldn't have come back, not a strong pulse at least. Most likely is a direct blow to the chest causing a cardiac trauma then resulting in a respiratory arrest would be my best guess.

If he's on EMCO, I suspect his football career is over. This sucks! It's a game, and this ***** is so real. I'm so shocked and just have no words. The look on the players faces were some looks I've never seen during a game before.

Cardiac arrest can also be intertwined with respiratory arrest, the heart may have been restarted (it sounds like) but his body still hasn't recovered breathing on his own. I tend to think a carotid or spinal injury would not allow him to have stood up and collapse like that. A Tension pneumothorax from a direct blow is a small possibility that caused cardiac injury. It's just so hard to say without being there. Being intubated and in critical condition is no joke and I'm so happy the NFL is postponing it for the evening.

F*CK I had heard he had a pluse but not breathing on his own. League suspended play for the night just now.

Truly awful, they CANNOT play tonight at all. I've seen this happen, direct blow to the chest area causing a cardiac arrest. Granted I don't know what's going on but that's my best educated guess. Prayers up for DHam

I was driving and listening to the game, man, it sounded quite boring on the radio. Idk if Dan didn't have it, or if the team gave him nothing to get excited over. At least last night he appeared into it over radio. Woulda been nice to get a point (or 2)against a lesser team, but we seem to do this to ourselves at times.

I made some roster moves throughout the season, and really spent some time setting up my team today. Thankfully, I set up my team up to the best of my roster and still got pounded, I can live with a good @ss kicking instead of being ticked that I benched a guy that scored 30 😂😂 This is the first year I didn't use autodraft, so it's a success lol, I'll be seeing you next year 😉

Pshh it's a minor miracle I made it this far.. Congrats lol

Is Bedard as good as McDavid?

Idk.... Are they a "big" team?

I know it's just a documentary of very young bachelors. But that one with 37 just screamed that he's lazy. I know it's reading too much into a short episode but he never appeared to have that IT factor at any point. I'm not sure it's his drive or aerobic capacity, but it would take a major 180 for Mitts to stay on this team in my eyes.

What a shank, ringing in the new year on that note. That was a GREAT game

Michigan didn't deserve to win, but there were some questionable calls in that game. I hate OSU, but they're looking like the better team right now. Shocked Georgia went for the FG on that first drive.

I had to leave to drive down to Ellicottville, I got home after the game; but listened to it on the radio in the truck. I recorded it when I left, but when I went to pick up where I left off, the damn DVR stopped at 3 minutes to go. Luckily I caught the encore recording Dan sounded very exciting on the radio call from what I had heard The refs were absolute trash this game, just unacceptable This team is Scary Good! UPPPPL looking good again, I wonder if Comrie stays in the AHL, they can't have 3 active goalies can they? F Boston, all things Boston sports and F Tom Brady... Still. Playoff push is on!

I had to leave and have it on radio right now, not liking what I'm hearing.

This is a terrible PP, truly awful These Fing drop passes

Throw the instigator at them!!

This rain is crazy, I remember going downtown for NYE and being frozen waiting for the ball drop. Today it may be close to 60 degrees.

I see all the teens on the hill and I'm trying to go full on Scott Stevens, open ice style lol. Too bad they're all faster and better than me.

I just learned how to Ski less than a year ago, last night I hit 38 Mph going down a nice blue run. Having an ice skating background def helped a ton with picking it up. I don't know how fast beginners typically go, but I think my life flashed before my eyes a couple times 😂😂 I just dug the edges in and kept flying. I'm sad I didn't pick this sport up earlier in life.