Agree. I'm right there with everyone else who "oohs" and "ahhs" when those monster hits happen, forgetting these are sons, fathers, husbands, brothers, putting their bodies through it to provide a better life for their families.
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No ****. Not sure why it hasn't been canceled yet. If you take the most cynical view, the NFL should cancel it just so they look good.
I will say that I don't cheer for big hits any more. That has changed over the years for me.
What I guessed when I saw it, wrong timing during the hit and it knocks the heart out of whack.
It’s very very rare but it almost always involves athletes.
Love that the guy who called me a ******* know it all deleted his post
What do you feel the prognosis is given how quickly he was administered first aid?
Very much appreciate your perspective. My FiL is a retired ortho surgeon, am always fascinated watching games with him and hearing his takes on injuries that happen.
I think everyone wants to know, what happens here? Is this survivable? What will the hospital do when they get there given he reportedly has a pulse but isn’t breathing on his own (note: I am most definitely not a doctor)?
Yeah, you think of some of the injuries in a car wreck (aorta ruptures, etc) and can't help but think some of the big hits we see could be right up there with that level of impact. As another poster said, sometimes milliseconds of variables (heart being full of blood vs not).
Seeing the other players raw emotion really got me. This is their friend that they just saw in a very traumatic situation.
I don't think ESPN ever showed them administering CPR did they? If that's the case, I'm really glad they didn't. It was very tasteless the way that the euro broadcast showed people administering CPR to Erikson.
Also, I feel bad for the espn crew and announcers. They don't have any updates, they have nothing to say, just show something else and come back when you have an update.
Also, I feel bad for the espn crew and announcers. They don't have any updates, they have nothing to say, just show something else and come back when you have an update.
Unless it’s something very exotic it’s text book commotio cortis which since he got cpr/aed treatment so fast his likely hood for survival goes way up. Think with immediate intervention it’s close to 70% survival rate. That number is almost reversed without immediate care. Make no mistake it is a traumatic injury with a high fatality rate.
I’m guessing that all the reports so far are from people seeing things and guessing. So, it would be hard to say if he was breathing any on his own and just getting assistance or was being fully bagged.
One of my friends is a sport medicine doc, and his accuracy in calling injuries is ungodly.
It's over, they're just working through how to announce it. Stupid it took this long.
