Breaking: Damar Hamlin has shown remarkable improvement in the past 24 hours, the Buffalo Bills said. He remains critically ill, but appears to be neurologically intact.
, according to the team citing the physicians caring for him, and his lungs are continuing to heal. But amid fears that he could have suffered significant brain damage while his heartbeat was being restored on the field, the announcement came as the most positive news yet about the 24-year-old’s prospects for recovery.
posted on Twitter. “While still critically ill, he has demonstrated that he appears to be neurologically intact. His lungs continue to heal and he is making steady progress.”“Our boy is doing better, awake and showing more improvement,”Hamlin collapsed during the first quarter of Monday night’s nationally televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals after making a tackle, during which he appeared to receive a blow to the chest. He then briefly stood up before collapsing to the ground.
Football fans held a vigil for Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin for a second night amid an outpour of support from personalities across the sports world. The Bills said Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and remained in critical condition. Photo: Jeff Dean/Getty Images In commotio cordis—Latin for “agitation of the heart”—a sudden blunt force trauma to the chest affects the electrical system of the heart, causing an arrhythmia and cardiac arrest.
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