“If you get hit in the chest,” University of Maryland Medical System cardiologist Dr. Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, was in critical condition Monday night after suffering card…
A matter of milliseconds might have been the difference between Damar Hamlin continuing on to the next play rather than collapsing and in need of lifesaving measures.
“If you get hit in the chest,” University of Maryland Medical System cardiologist Dr. Scott Jerome said, “if it happens between heartbeats in a very small window, it can put the heart in ventricular fibrillation.
“The heart stops beating,” said Jerome, an assistant professor of medicine.
Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, was in critical condition Monday night after suffering cardiac arrest in a collision with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.
He got up but then collapsed, and as those in the stadium and a “Monday Night Football” audience watched aghast, medical personnel administered CPR and an automated external defibrillator, or AED, was used on him.
