Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapses on field after making tackle against Bengals

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The Buffalo Bills have suffered a lot of injuries to their secondary. Damar Hamlin's was the scariest.

The safety was injured in the first quarter of the Bills game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football.

Hamlin tackled Cincinnati wide receiver Tee Higgins, got to his feet and then crumpled to the ground. A stretcher and ambulance came onto the field as most of the Bills' roster came off the sideline to kneel or stand around Hamlin. First responders administered CPR to Hamlin on the field. Hamlin was given oxygen was he was loaded into an ambulance.

Other Bills plays could be seen crying as Hamlin was tended to by medical personnel. Other players held hands praying.

He fell to the ground at about 8:56 p.m. ESPN cut from the broadcast from the field and went to a studio about 9:08 p.m.

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Game is suspended as of 6:19 Pacific Time.

I've never seen this kind of emergency response during a game. This game HAS to change.

[underpants]

1. Watching this. They suspended the game

[edbermac]

2. They just temporarily suspended the game.

I was watching the replay, it didn’t look like he got hit that hard.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. As they say, its not how hard. It is just about how.

[vercetti2021]

3. Did he die?

9 min of CPR and didn't move? My God

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. CPR means the heart stopped, right?

9 minutes is a long time.

I hope the man is okay.

[vercetti2021]

7. Same

Just collapsed not a hard tackle either.

[Takket]

9. friend of mine said this...

"He got hit in the chest... that can cause a potential fatal arrythmia"

he's a nurse

[vercetti2021]

11. Oh my God that's so sad

That's seriously bad

[FreeState]

22. Commotio cordis

Commotio cordis is a phenomenon in which a sudden blunt impact to the chest causes sudden death in the absence of cardiac damage. This condition was first described in the middle of the 18th century in the context of chest trauma among workers.

[Rebl2]

46. I noticed

it too-the blow to the upper chest can cause heart arrhythmia or tear to blood vessels going to the heart.

[Oneironaut]

24. Stopped or is in irregular rhythm.

I would be shocked if there wasn’t an AED available and ready to use within a minute or so. That usually makes a person much more likely to survive.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Game now temporarily suspended. Both teams back in their locker rooms.

To see football players openly crying. Wow.

This is unprecedented.

[AngryOldDem]

30. NFL should call it.

It’s meaningless now. How can they be expected to play?

Why this is even an issue is stunning. Call it.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Absolutely frightening.

[mnmoderatedem]

10. Hank Gathers comes to mind. hope my speculation here is dead wrong

Gathers was a standout college basketball player who suddenly collapsed and died during a game. Had a previously unknown heart condition. Hamlin made a hit on a player, and got back up initially like it was a routine play, which it appeared to be. But then suddenly collapsed and went back down moments later. Hope that does not mean some sort of heart condition spurred the incident, exacerbated by the intensity of the activity on the field.

Hope it's noting like that. it is clearly life threatening.

[Walleye]

15. I saw that happen on tv, I'll never forget him struggling to get back up

[AngryOldDem]

32. I remember the absolute silence in the arena as they worked on Gathers.

Heartbreaking.

[RockRaven]

12. Only saw the replay once, he made a tackle and got hit in the chest more so than the head, at

least from what I thought I saw in the moment. With the blow to the chest, collapse, and CPR being all I know at the moment, I wonder about commotio cordis...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commotio_cordis

[LiberalFighter]

13. Reduce number of games to what it was a few years ago to start?

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. Outlaw the sport until they can make a helmet that guarantees no concussions.

[Polybius]

23. Helmet and head trama had nothing to do with this injury though

Looks like he got hit in the chest.

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. I know that, but still...

[Stinky The Clown]

14. I know there are serious medical facilities right there at any NFL stadium . . . . .

. . . . . but that ambo left frighteningly, disconcertingly slow.

[padfun]

21. That's because he is being treated while in the ambulance

And they don't want to make sudden turns fast. They will speed up when on the road where there won't be sudden turns.

[Eliot Rosewater]

16. Does not look good, not breathing on his own is what I read.

[SYFROYH]

18. Its a shame, but heart events happen to young people too.

Really it could be a lot of things that could lead to the heart stopping like an aneurism, stroke, or even a conventional heart attack.

Im sure he is getting the best care possible. Good luck, Damar.

[vercetti2021]

19. Fucking morons on Twitter saying it was the jab

These people are such insufferable fucking losers. Anything to push their political horseshit

[TexasTowelie]

25. I suspected that would be coming.

Why am I not surprised?

[vercetti2021]

29. I'm not

I knew it was coming. Like these people have never thought like how many of people have collapsed in the past before covid it's just fucking so stupid

[Initech]

26. OMFG. The conspiracy theorist dipshits ruin everything!

[vercetti2021]

31. Just their agenda

Per usual.

[SoCalDavidS]

44. It's Unfortunate That They're Not The Ones In A Hospital With A Tube Down Their Throats nt

[Polybius]

20. Video here

[Initech]

27. Man I'm watching the game now. I hope he's OK.

[edbermac]

33. Looks like they're canceling the game.

Some of the Bills staff are packing up equipment on the sideline. Hope the guy is OK.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. This is when a human commissioner is needed.

[Ilsa]

35. A friend was reffing a volleyball tournament when a college age man

jumped up, came down, and collapsed. She assessed him and performed CPR to no avail. It turns out he had a rupture in his aortic arch. There was nothing anyone could have done.

[Stinky The Clown]

40. It is stories like the one you just told that makes speculation worthless.

No one could have known the condition that was in that player until he was examined.

[Ilsa]

45. Not just speculation. Even most routine physicals

to play sports are not thorough enough to detect a weak aortic arch. Maybe they can detect a murmur, or maybe if the physician detects a minor symptom of a problem and orders more tests.

Scary stuff.

[Boomerproud]

36. Please don't go to twitterverse folks.

I scrolled down from the terrible video and some complete nuts are blaming the covid vax. I feel like I'm in an alternate universe.

[NewHendoLib]

39. I left that cesspool years ago

[Stinky The Clown]

37. Game officially suspended by NFL.

No official update on Hamlin's condition.

[NewHendoLib]

38. they thankfully just called the game.

[Stinky The Clown]

41. Hamlin listed in critical condition.

[brewens]

42. In a way it reminds me of the Dale Earnhardt crash. No one watching that expected him to even be

injured. The force in a crash or with a hit can be a lot worse than it looks. A lot of head injuries look like a guy just got dumped on his back, but his head hits the turf way harder than it appears.

[Stinky The Clown]

43. Something to take away from this game

The incredible humanity we saw on the field. Men in dark uniforms weeping and hugging men in light uniforms. a filled stadium quiet and respectful. ESPN commentators obviously emotional and upset. One coach hugging another in support.

[TeamProg]

47. Yeah, they aren't simply gladiators on a chessboard. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

48. What strikes me the most, watching the videos of this event,

is to what extent the team is a family.

I know very little about professional sports, don't know anyone who is a pro player, but how close those men must be was suddenly obvious to a know-nothing like me.