Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin remains in an intensive care unit listed in critical condition after he went into cardiac arrest on the football field. KevRincon talked to doctors about how incredibly rare this is.
Agus said blunt force trauma to Hamlin's chest from the helmet of Bengals receiver Tee Higgins may have caused what's called an arrhythmia in the heart -- when not enough blood pumps to the head, leading to his collapse after getting up.
"It's very unlikely that he had something wrong with his heart to predispose him to having this happen," Kaple said. "This is a rare event but when it happens, you have to revert back to your training ... The focus should not be on anything other than the athlete," said Dr. Matthew Martinez, director at Atlantic Health System and consultant for the New York Jets.
His brother is the safeties coach for the Bills, a unit Hamlin is a key part of. His concern was both for the player and his brother Jimmy.
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