Doctors in the Triangle are providing an opinion on what happened to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Monday Night Football. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after tackling Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins late in the first quarter of the game.
NEIGHBORHOOD WENT. ALRIGHT, IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MIKE. TONIGHT, PLAYERS, COACHES AND FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE SENDING OUT PRAYERS AND SUPPORT FOR BUFFALO BILLS. SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN. >> TEAMS ACROSS THE NFL HAVE CHANGED THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES TO AN IMAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IMAGE AND ASKING FOR PRAYERS AND ASKING FOR THE YOUNG AS A YOUNG PLAYER FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE. TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING EXPERTS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO CAUSE HIM TO COLLAPSE ON THE FIELD MONDAY NIGHT. YOU SEE HIM THERE. THE NUMBER 3 JERSEY. >> THIS IS THE NEWEST INFORMATION WE HAVE TONIGHT IN JUST THE LAST HOUR, THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCED IT IS POSTPONING ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITS FINALISTS FOR THE HALL'S CLASS OF 2023 TODAY, THE NFL'S COMMISSIONER AND ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE TEAMS WILL NOT CONTINUE THE GAME THIS WEEK. WE ALSO KNOW DAMAR HAMLIN REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT AT A HOSPITAL IN CINCINNATI WHO STILL SEE DONOVAN. JOINING US LIVE FROM DUKE RALEIGH HOSPITAL AFTER SPEAKING WITH DOCTORS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. CHELSEA, WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? >> JERROLD, I LEARNED TONIGHT FROM THESE 2 TRIANGLE, CARDIOLOGISTS THAT IT WAS THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN RATHER A MATTER OF MILLISECONDS BETWEEN HAMLIN CONTINUING ON TO THE NEXT PLAY AND THAT FOOTBALL GAME RATHER THAN LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS AND COLLAPSING. >> IT WAS A COLLAPSE THAT LEFT AN ENTIRE STADIUM SPEECHLESS AND MILLIONS AT HOME STUNNED. HE WAS MAKING A TACKLE AND HAD SOMETHING IN HIS CHEST. A 24 YEAR-OLD MR. HAMLYN A SAFETY WITH THE BUFFALO BILL STOOD UP AND THEN FELL TO THE GROUND AND IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE. BAD LUCK HERE. AND IT'S TALK ABOUT THIS IS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. BUT HER HEART AS A CONSTANT MOTION WHERE THE TOP IN THE BOTTOM ARE SQUEEZING AND RELAXING. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ELECTRICITY IS GOING TO A PERIOD WHERE. >> ALL THE CELLS, A SQUEEZE. AND DOCTOR MANISH PATEL CHIEF OF CARDIOLOGY AT DUKE MEDICINE HAS TREATED HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES WHILE HE CAN'T GIVE HAMLIN A CLEAR DIAGNOSIS, HE SPECULATES WHAT HAPPENED IS CALLED COURT US. >> THE TIMING OF THIS TRAUMA SO RARE. HE SAID IT HAS TO BE WITHIN MILLISECONDS OF YOUR HEARTS. ELECTRIC CYCLE AT THE PRECISE, WRONG TIME. IT CAN LEAD TO HEART TO GO INTO IT. >> A DANGEROUS FOR THE COUNTRY TO DELAY SHUN A CONDITION THAT SO FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND MAINLY SEEN IN YOUNG BASEBALL PLAYERS OFTEN HIT WITH A BALL OR OF THAT. A FEW 1000 EVENTS. >> I'VE HEARD OVER THE MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS DOCTOR, LEE JOB WITH UNC HEALTH CARDIOLOGY SAYS WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HAMLIN HIT THE GROUND WAS VITAL TO BE ABLE TO CIRCULATION THROUGH CPR WITHIN THE FIRST MINUTE OR 2. AND TO HOPEFULLY RESTORES CARDIAC RHYTHM WITH TO GET THEIR LATER WITHIN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES. AND THOSE ARE THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS. A BIG MESSAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS MAKING SURE AS BEST WE CAN. >> WE TRAIN PEOPLE TO DO CPR AND TO KNOW HOW TO USE AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL TO COUPLE >> CERTAINLY A GOOD MESSAGE. THEY'RE NOW BOTH DOCTORS SAY THAT HAMLIN, THE SEDATION THAT HE ISN'T IS VITAL RIGHT NOW GIVES HIS BODY AND HIS HEART A CHANCE TO COOL DOWN AND HOPEFULLY GIVEN THE CHANCE TO REGAIN SOME OF THAT NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION. >> GERALD, WE ALL CONTINUE TO
