The 24-year-old is in critical condition after collapsing during Monday night’s game.
, a board-certified cardiologist at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center, tells SELF. Having a “witnessed cardiac arrest” is a “best-case scenario” because people—in Hamlin’s case, highly qualified paramedics—can jump into action to help.
“A witnessed arrest with downtime usually is treated with hypothermia—chilled body temperature—to preserve brain function,” Dr. Ince says. A person will also usually be intubated to help them breathe and get enough oxygen. Once a person’s heart rhythm is restored, doctors will then try to figure out why the cardiac arrest happened in the first place. “Once you find out why this happened, you try to treat that underlying cause,” Dr. Maag says. “That involves lots of imaging of the heart to see if it was normal.” If medical staff determine that a person’s cardiac arrest was caused by blunt trauma, for example, they’ll try to figure out if someone is at risk of it happening again.
The patient will also undergo testing on the electrical capacity of their heart and their arteries, along with neurological testing to determine if their brain was impacted by the lack of blood flow,, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Health, tells SELF. “There are different types of tests that are done to look for movements, mental status, their alertness. They’re all very comprehensive exams,” he says. Overall, treatment is “so dependent” on the individual, Dr. Maag stresses.
If a person survives, it’s possible to resume a healthy, active lifestyle after experiencing cardiac arrest, “particularly if it is commotio cordis, which is almost a freak accident,” Dr. Ince says., just in case. “[Damar Hamlin] will not remember what happened,” she says. “For those of us who watched, we will never forget. Be prepared to save a life.
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