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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there any chance he is brain dead? Is it expected that vital signs are normal but a patient is still in critical condition?[/quote]

Yes, I believe not having an update on his condition is because they are assessing his brain damage.  They performed CPR for 10 minutes.  That's a lot of time for the brain to not have oxygen or to have low oxygen.  And he had the best medical response you could ever imagine when something like this happens.[/quote]

Disagree.  The chance of him being brain dead is very low.  He may have some recovery to do from hypoxia, but it shouldn't be severe.

They don't have an update because there isn't one.  His vitals are stable.  They will let him rest in heavy sedation while they do tests.  They probably won't even try to lower his sedation until 48 hours of brain rest. So we are looking at Wednesday morning.[/quote]

He was down for a long time. He will be lucky to survive and if he does, he will be lucky if he experienced only mild hypoxia. It only takes a few minutes before the brain starts to react to loss of oxygen. [/quote]

If by “down” you mean period without adequate oxygenation of his brain, it’s hard to tell from what I have read. I thought I read that he was cardioverted on the field, but the last nyt article I read didn’t mention being shocked, only that he received cpr for 9-10 min. That could sound as if he needed cpr for 9-10 min because he didn’t have an organized heart rhythm, but it’s also possible that he got cpr after he was cardioverted. You are supposed to resume cpr even after a successful shock, so best case scenario is that he got cpr while they were attaching the aed, got shocked back to sinus (normal) rhythm , and then cpr was resumed as recommended. If that was the case, then he was “down” for only a few minutes, which is much better than 9-10 min. I really hope that the best case scenario is true. Impossible to assume anything right now. [/quote]

I think that is what happened. He was hooked up to oxygen before being put in the ambulance on the field, and I don't think they would have done that unless he'd already been shocked and had cpr. Also, even if the on-field medics didn't have an aed (which I really think they do, and would have administered as soon as they checked his pulse if they could get one), there is definitely an aed in the ambulance, which was on the field within a few minutes. And again, they would not put him on oxygen for transport until AFTER administering the aed.

As awful as all of this is, it would have been very hard for him to get any better medical care and treatment, and that matters. I hope it was enough.[/quote]

The NFL said his hearbeat was restored on the field.

"Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in the Buffalo Bills' game versus the Cincinnati Bengals. His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition."[/quote]

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