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Cardiologist Explains How Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest May Have Happened
New York Post ^ | January 3, 2023 | Ryan Dunleavey

Posted on 01/03/2023 1:15:40 PM PST by nickcarraway

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin might have been a fraction of a second away from moving on to the next play. Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest Monday night when he collapsed on the field in Cincinnati, was administered CPR under life-or-death circumstances and hospitalized in critical condition after what one independent board-certified cardiologist saw as a collision at the time in the cardiac cycle when the heart is most vulnerable.

“That hit had to occur at a certain point in time that was only five milliseconds long,” said Dr. Marc Cohen, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Newark-Beth Israel Medical Center. “If that hit occurred one millisecond after or before, this may not have happened.”

What looked like a routine (by NFL standards) tackle by Hamlin on Bengals receiver Tee Higgins resulted in Hamlin getting to his feet, adjusting his facemask and immediately falling onto his back as horrified players from both sides watched trainers, paramedics and doctors assist with his breathing and restore his heartbeat.

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To: Captain Walker

That may be the protocol during trials, but sadly we’re past that.

If I did not believe that people were using deaths as nothing more than “bodies” to push a narrative, I’d be inclined to agree. But on both sides, there’s lots of bad faith arguments and positions.


101 posted on 01/03/2023 2:59:26 PM PST by Fury
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To: nickcarraway

That was not a hard hit either. People watched and it has been replayed many times.


102 posted on 01/03/2023 2:59:28 PM PST by dforest
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To: ponygirl

There is a picture of Dick Butkus standing over Chuck Hughes frantically signalling for help.


103 posted on 01/03/2023 2:59:40 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

There are a lot of similarities between the injuries of Hamlin and former Bill Kevin Everett. Both had an opposing playing coming right at them that they were attempting to stop, and both took the impact of their collision to the upper body and head region, with the players’ helmets colliding in Everett’s case. In Hamlin’s case, the impact came from the other player’s helmet and shoulder and he took it to his chest and chin region.

Damar Hamlin injury:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zP3B23hSE

Kevin Everett injury, 2007:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ix6vtuehQ


104 posted on 01/03/2023 3:01:07 PM PST by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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To: alternatives?
“I still carry scars and endure pain from a football injury when I was 17.”

So do I, from falling off horses while competing over fences. Life is not safe. Did you know that one of the most dangerous sports of all is cheerleading?

105 posted on 01/03/2023 3:01:23 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: Captain Walker

That is incorrect. Logic never permits disproving anything.

All that can be done is investigation of an assertion and then fail to prove that assertion.

The manufacturer doesn’t disprove causation. That’s logically impossible.

A failure to prove causation is conclusive.


106 posted on 01/03/2023 3:03:34 PM PST by Owen
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To: bray
It does happen. Rare, but it does happen. A co-worker witnessed something similar at a martial arts tournament. Kid took a strike to the chest, walked back to the neutral position as the point was awarded, and collapsed. Kid didn't make it.
This was long before covid.

Something to keep an eye on if what was rare starts happening more often. Then the explanation becomes gaslighting.

107 posted on 01/03/2023 3:04:09 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: nickcarraway

I just pray he can come out of this and if so, can lead a somewhat normal life. So sad for his family and kids. I can’t imagine being his mom and watching that from the stands.


108 posted on 01/03/2023 3:05:05 PM PST by Ros42
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To: Interesting Times
It was a random explosion of the center fuel tank.

The CIA will produce a study to support that claim...

109 posted on 01/03/2023 3:14:24 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Martial arts is a sport with no protection, no armor across the chest designed to deflect these impacts. It happens most often in baseball. While researching genealogy, I found a death certificate for a shoestring relative who was playing semi-pro on a rural farm team in the 1930s. He got hit in the chest by a pitch and died at home plate.


110 posted on 01/03/2023 3:14:51 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: mewzilla

mewzilla wrote: “In ‘77 the Swine Flu vaxx was pulled after causing fewer than three dozen reported deaths and around 500 reported injuries.”

The swine flu vaccine was pulled because there was no swine flu.


111 posted on 01/03/2023 3:16:33 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: mewzilla

It’s been mentioned that Bills in particular have claimed they are 100% vaxxed.


112 posted on 01/03/2023 3:17:07 PM PST by xp38
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To: factmart

factmart wrote: “More people have died from the jab than from Covid.”

That is incorrect. Over a million have died from COVID.


113 posted on 01/03/2023 3:18:05 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: dforest

It wouldn’t have been a hard hit if he’d taken the force of the collision lower in his body, as is the norm. It reminds me, somewhat, of the collision that nearly paralyzed former Bill Kevin Everett in 2007. That wasn’t a particularly hard hit, either, actually, but the injury was caused by how he took that hit.

In this case, it looks from the replays like Hamlin tried to let the other player fly over him a bit so he could tackle him with his arms and body, but instead, the player hit him in the chest and chin with his helmet and shoulder. That’s more clear in slow motion, and so in that case, his cardiac arrest could realistically be caused by that collision. NFL collision - helmet and shoulder to chest and chin. Head snaps back as it happens.

From another post of mine: There are a lot of similarities between the injuries of Hamlin and former Bill Kevin Everett. Both had an opposing playing coming right at them that they were attempting to stop, and both took the impact of their collision to the upper body and head region, with the players’ helmets colliding in Everett’s case.

Damar Hamlin injury:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zP3B23hSE

Kevin Everett injury, 2007:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ix6vtuehQ


114 posted on 01/03/2023 3:18:42 PM PST by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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To: Captain Walker

Captain Walker wrote: “That’s actually the safety protocol built into the use of experimental shots. Any death after an experimental shot is presumed to have been caused by the shot. (It’s not up to you or I to prove the causation, it’s up to the jab manufacturer to disprove it.)”

Where did you hear that?
BTW, these are not experimental shots. They are fully approved.


115 posted on 01/03/2023 3:22:30 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: linedrive
"This also promoted better gear for protection, which continues to this day."

They've improved helmets but I've noticed the rest of the gear is shrinking in favor of speed

116 posted on 01/03/2023 3:32:46 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: laxcoach

... But, down the road, I want to know what caused this,
*********************************************
There are many things that people want to know. In the not-so-long ago there were mysteries that could not be understood.
Today - meh. It is like we KNOW everything.
Why do women think they are men.
Why do boys decide they are girls.
How old is the Earth? The solar system?
Who killed JFK?
Some of the stuff we “know” is just a theory. Some of the evidence is misinterpreted.
And then there is outright fraud.
So, this event will have a finite news-cycle-life. Like all events.
Hope that helps.


117 posted on 01/03/2023 3:37:23 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Yo-Yo

I’m thinking it’s not the “jab” but all the other stuff elite athletes consume. Steroids, HGH, and who knows what else.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know the NFL has restrictions on those things but there are plenty of ways around that.

Furthermore, one of my college roommates / teammates is on the training staff for an NFL team (to remain nameless) and he says the NFL’s prohibition against performance enhancing drugs is all for “show” and in reality is as toothless as an 80 year-old meth addict.


118 posted on 01/03/2023 3:38:00 PM PST by Four of Six
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To: nickcarraway

May have happened at the point of injection.


119 posted on 01/03/2023 3:38:54 PM PST by Old Yeller
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To: ponygirl

If you exposure yourself to injury, you increase your chances of getting injured with long term effects. You have to decide if the risk is worth the reward. I know a person whose highlight of their life was their high school football career. He had a successful business career.


120 posted on 01/03/2023 3:39:52 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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