Physician reacts to rumors about Damar Hamlin's collapse. (ALSO, an update on his health.)

[pnwmom]

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As a physician I believe Damar Hamlin was likely suffering from commotio cordis where a blow to the chest at a precise moment in the electrical cycle stops the heart. Those trying to tie this to vaccine status to project their unscientific beliefs are terrible, horrible people.

The key question, according to Dr. Vin Gupta on MSNBC, who also mentioned commotio cordis, is whether Hamlin was given defibrillation treatment immediately afterwards.

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Valerie Lyons

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An update on #DamarHamlin per his marketing team:

His vitals are back to normal. Doctors need to put him to sleep to run a breathing tube down his throat. They continue to run tests tonight.

Still waiting to hear from UC Medical.
@WCPO

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. K&R

[Srkdqltr]

2. That is what Dr. Gupta on MSNBC is saying. Sounds plausible.

[ShazzieB]

13. Yes, I saw that.

Dr. Gupta's explanation made perfect sense, imo.

[edbermac]

3. Yeah, the antivaxxers are coming out of the woodwork

Idiot trolls.

[Hekate]

4. Terrible, horrible people indeed

[Meowmee]

5. Before my father's arrest

Two nurses came in and pounded him on the back and turned him, for supposed respiratory therapy. I will never forget that.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Learned about commotio cordis on DU long before MSNBC weighed in.

Still tuned in to ABC, waiting for any update on Hamlin's condition.

[pnwmom]

7. I just saw this, from a couple minutes ago.

Valerie Lyons

@VLyonsTV
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3m
#BREAKING

An update on #DamarHamlin per his marketing team:

His vitals are back to normal. Doctors need to put him to sleep to run a breathing tube down his throat. They continue to run tests tonight.

Still waiting to hear from UC Medical.
@WCPO

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. Thank you!

[Better Days Ahoy]

11. DU is good for real info as well as lots of speculation

That said, I first learned about CC maybe 15
years ago when a child died after being hit in the chest by a pitched baseball in a Little League game. Tragic.

It's not new.

[Walleye]

8. I've heard of this injury in baseball games, where the batter takes fastball to the chest

[pnwmom]

10. Right. And we've all probably heard of even high school football players

suddenly collapsing on the field. It's very rare but it happens.

[SunSeeker]

12. Yes, it's very rare because the hit has to occur at just the right millisecond of the heart's cycle.

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If he had the impact just a few milliseconds before or after that particularly vulnerable point in the heart's electrical cycle, he would have been fine. This doctor explains it well: