NFL WEEKLY GAME THREAD Week 17

Watching ESPN's coverage. Several comments made about Ryan Clark going through a life threatening situation. Anyone know this story?
 
PeoplesChicken said:
Watching ESPN's coverage. Several comments made about Ryan Clark going through a life threatening situation. Anyone know this story?
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Him having sickle cell and playing in the altitude in Denver caused him to get rushed to the hospital.
 
Center Ice said:
No shit. Saw some interesting medical commentary from a physician who saw the play and noted that Hamlin got hit right in the heart area. He theorized that if a hit to that area occurred just as the heart finishes a beat cycle and heads into the next, it would likely cause cardiac arrest. The odds of that happening is crazy high. Milliseconds! Any other time, the hit would not produce that result.

I know shit medically, except applying bandaids but its an Interesting speculation nonetheless. Hope Hamlin is OK.
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there is like a 1/60 of a second window where a blow to the chest will cause what the doctors call v-fib and it can be survivable if they get the right treatment fast enough to get the heart back in rhythm. But it can and does kill.
 
moxie said:
This will probably cause a lot of these young men to rethink their career choices.
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The money is too good. I got hurt really bad playing football in High School 100 years ago but It didn’t stop anyone including myself from playing again.
 
Huskers4me said:
The money is too good. I got hurt really bad playing football in High School 100 years ago but It didn’t stop anyone including myself from playing again.
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Maybe younger kids, by way of their parents but these guys know the risk and with an average career being a little over 3 years I don't see guys in the league quitting
 
jjc2009 said:
there is like a 1/60 of a second window where a blow to the chest will cause what the doctors call v-fib and it can be survivable if they get the right treatment fast enough to get the heart back in rhythm. But it can and does kill.
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As dumb as the "my family member the _____" story usually is... I was texting my nurse practitioner former CCU nurse cousin during it and she called V-fib right off the bat. 🤷
 
Huskers4me said:
The money is too good. I got hurt really bad playing football in High School 100 years ago but It didn’t stop anyone including myself from playing again.
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Sadly, that’s probably all too true.
 
moxie said:
This will probably cause a lot of these young men to rethink their career choices.
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That’s why I chose basketball instead of football. Everyone I went to school with in HS or college who played football ruined one or both of their knees. At that time the surgical repairs weren’t that good.
 
jjc2009 said:
there is like a 1/60 of a second window where a blow to the chest will cause what the doctors call v-fib and it can be survivable if they get the right treatment fast enough to get the heart back in rhythm. But it can and does kill.
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Yea they’ll shock it back into rhythm. I had that done 3 -4 times before. It leaves a bad sunburn in a small area on the chest.
 
ELTEXAN said:
Pretty sure that’s instantaneous, but I’d like to be educated if it’s not.
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He stood up within a second or two of being hit, then went down? I don't know, just seems to fit the facts. I am not a doctor, don't play one on TV.
 
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