Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin

I don't think Sioux Falls as a Level 1. Omaha has 2.
If you're in NW Iowa you have quite a trip.
And I just double-checked...both level 1's are in Omaha. (UNMC & Bergan) Level 2's in Lincoln, Kearney (central NE), and Scottsbluff. (WAY the flip out in western NE) I'm curious to see the breakdown of Level 1 trauma services given and where they come from for Omaha.
 
Do you have any thoughts on the Hamlin situation or is this going to be your main contribution
Of course I hope the young man has the best possible outcome that can come from what happened tonight.

Apologies for the derail.
 
I didn't know the name of this medical event but I'd heard of it happening. Frankly makes me wonder how it doesn't happen in football more often.
You usually need a smaller object causing the impact like a baseball or a fist. Those sports it’s more common (although very rare still) because there aren’t pads to disperse the force of the impact. This is very unusual for football.
 
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Our former strength staff came from Pittsburgh. It’s likely that they worked with Hamlin while he was in college. Football’s a small world.
 
Ok that’s better to hear. Maybe y’all are right and I should wait for the full details. But on the surface to me it was just a poor look to go from literal life or death to “temporary suspension”….like wut.
Rule of thumb in a situation where you aren’t directly involved/privied to information is to wait for the facts to come out. It would save so many from bad tweets, terrible soundbites, etc. So many people want to be the “first” or go from 0 to 100 right away in this world. Just step back and see what comes out of this first. As someone said earlier, the only thing that needed to go 100% right was the reaction by the medical personnel there. It appears they did exactly what they were supposed to do to hopefully save this man’s life.
 
You usually need a smaller object causing the impact like a baseball or a fist. Those sports it’s more common (although very rare still) because there aren’t pads to disperse the force of the impact. This is very unusual for football.
Obviously it feels like being deprived of oxygen is the main concern here. You're a physician, at what point do you start to get into the significant brain damage area time-wise?