The media are reporting on the health of Buffalo Bills player Dumar Hamlin. He collapsed on the field and turned his attention to his heart health. Hamlin is vigilant, but experts worry about the health of his organs. Other reports address issues with airline medical kits for sports, heart health, and in-flight emergencies.
NBC News: Dumar Hamlin is alert and asking questions, doctor says
At a news briefing on Thursday, Hamlin’s doctors said his recovery has seen other encouraging signs that his brain is functioning, such as moving his legs and holding the hands of doctors and family members. Included. (Edwards, 1/5)
The New York Times: Damar Hamlin’s neurological recovery reaches ‘tipping point’
Experts have reason to expect that Hamlin may be on track for a neurological recovery, but questions remain about the health of other organs, including his lungs. At a press conference on Thursday, Dr. Knight and Dr. Timothy A. Prydz said Mr. Hamlin was still seriously ill, in intensive care, still on light sedatives and a ventilator, and unable to speak. But now I can communicate by shaking my head and nodding. He wrote the question on a pad of paper and asked the nurse who won the game. (Korata, 1/5)
Regarding the response of major league sports teams —
New York Times: ‘We’re going to need everyone’: Record chronicling response to NFL crisis
The moment in radio traffic shortly after Buffalo Bills defensive back Dummer Hamlin collapsed on the field in Cincinnati Monday night was filled with a sense of urgency. “I don’t like how he fell,” said one person on a channel believed to include bystander medical personnel. of people emphasized more. (Belson, Blinder, Stein, 1/5)
AP: NHL evolves plan, prepares for terrifying cardiac event
The fear that swept the NFL this week was all too familiar to members of the hockey community when Buffalo Bills defensive back Dummer Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game in Cincinnati. In the last 25 years, five of his players in the NHL who have collapsed during a game (a horrific scene where play stops while people rush to help) have been diagnosed with some sort of heart-related problem. rice field. (Why no, 1/5)
Also –
USA Today: What Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest teaches parents about kids’ sports
Sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of more than 2,000 children and teenagers in the United States each year, according to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It accounts for approximately 3% to 5% of all deaths in children aged 5 to her 19 years. The same thing can happen to high schoolers and non-athletes at home. (Rodriguez, 1/5)
CNN: Doctors say how to protect kids when playing sports
Whenever a head injury, cardiac arrest, or other serious injury in professional sports occurs, parents take a deep breath. “That player is someone’s child. Is it my child?” Stuart Berger, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said heart attacks in sports are rare for anyone. I’m here. Although they can occur in children and even teens, these injuries can occur whether you play sports or not.(Holcomb, 1/5)
NPR: Damar Hamlin, cardiac arrest, and what it takes to improve your chances of survival
More than 350,000 Americans suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, and the prognosis is not always rosy. Most studies suggest that these patients have less than 10% survival to hospital discharge. Health experts say statistics do not show much better individual outcomes for patients who receive prompt and adequate treatment before arriving at the hospital. (Neumann, 1/6)
In related news about airline emergency medical kits —
KHN: Airlines may run out of medical kits in the event of an onboard emergency
In March, a female passenger stopped breathing on a Frontier Airlines flight en route from Phoenix to Las Vegas. Seth Corey, a passenger trained as a wilderness first responder, moved into her act, and she found the woman unresponsive and with a weak pulse. Corey looked through her plane’s medical kit, but she couldn’t find the oropharyngeal airway that was supposed to be there, and needed it to help the woman breathe. was manipulated to clear her airway. (Ramachandran, 1/6)
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