The most likely scenario is that Damar Hamlin was brain dead on the field - Steve Kirsch
(stevekirsch.substack.com)
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From the article on Steve's substack:
"The medical experts I consulted believe that there is a high likelihood that Damar Hamlin was brain dead within 10 minutes after he dropped to the ground.
The primary reason for this conclusion is the 9 minutes of CPR. It is simply very rare for someone not to be brain dead at that point. Nobody I talked to has ever heard of such a case. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened. It just means it is rare.
I pray that this is not the case, but I think we need to prepare for that possibility.
For example, there was no news from the hospital that his brain was still alive. This would have been uplifting news to the crowd of people waiting outside the hospital, but it was never delivered. There were no reports anywhere that Hamlin’s brain was still functioning. Why would they withhold this information?
There was also no news so far today. That is ominous."
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/the-most-likely-scenario-is-that
Having had my child go through something similar (cardiac arrest outside of a hospital), I think that this analysis is completely wrong.
Estimate is that my child was in arrest for approximately 10 minutes before being found and CPR started. CPR continued until paramedics arrived. I don't know how long that was, but it seemed like an eternity and was probably for longer than 10 minutes.
After getting jumpstarted, it was off to the nearest hospital for stabilization before the airlift.
That there is no news is also not a surprise. It will likely be 72 hours before they try to bring him out of the coma because the doctors will want the brain swelling to be going down before trying to get him up.
In the meantime, there may be some signs of how things are going, but if I were a family member, I would not release anything. These signs would be from brain scans and heart rates.
Because the injury to the brain is caused by lack of oxygen, it is possible to be significantly disabled in spite of little to no damage being visible in a scan - the thought is that the damage is microscopic.
Assuming he survives, the only way to know how bad the damage is, is for him to wake up, which will be followed by years of intense therapy to maximize available function.
If the brain swelling cannot be controlled, he will die. If organs are to be donated, his body will be kept alive until suitable recipients can be found.
Based on the circumstances, I am hopeful that he will pull through despite the odds. If he is not significantly affected by the incident, it will be an absolute miracle.
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Could be a left handed phone scroller. My thumb accidently hits the arrows at least once a week. I usually catch it and go back.
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I almost accidentally block someone trying to reply probably once every other week. The buttons are so small!