Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills safety who collapsed in the field after suffering cardiac arrest during a game last week, he was discharged from the New York hospital, where he was admitted on Monday.
Hamlin, 24, was originally admitted to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and remained there for days after collapsing, which took place Jan. 2 when the Bills played the Cincinnati Bengals Monday night. While finishing a tackle in the first quarter, Hamlin appeared to take a hit to the head and chest from Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.
The collision temporarily stopped Hamlin’s heart, the Bills later said, and he immediately received CPR before being rushed to the hospital. As Hamlin’s condition improved, he was transferred from Cincinnati to another hospital in Buffalo on Monday. The Bills confirmed in a statement shared on Twitter Wednesday morning that he had been released after undergoing a “comprehensive medical evaluation.”
“Damar Hamlin has been discharged from Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute, a Kaleida Health Facility in Buffalo, NY,” the statement said. “Hamlin was admitted on Monday and underwent a comprehensive medical evaluation and a battery of cardiac, neurological and vascular tests on Tuesday.”
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β Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 11, 2023
The statement also included comments from Jamie Nadler, an critical care physician and chief quality officer at Kaleida Health, who led Hamlin’s care team during his hospitalization.
“We have conducted a series of tests and evaluations and, in consultation with the team doctors, are confident that Damar can be safely discharged to continue his rehabilitation at home and with the Bills,” Nadler said, according to the team.
Hamlin’s condition was classified as critical for several days following his initial hospitalization in Cincinnati, which quickly sparked a wave of public support from the NFL player’s teammates, fellow athletes and fans. By Thursday his health had turned a corner, and the Bills announced that Hamlin had “shown a remarkable improvement” over the past 24 hours.
“Although he is still critically ill, he has shown that he appears to be neurologically intact,” the Bills said at the time. “His lungs continue to heal and he’s making steady progress.”
When Hamlin was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and transferred to Buffalo, a statement attributed to the hospital and tweeted by the Bills confirmed he was “doing fine” and called the athlete’s transfer “the next phase of his recovery.” .
Hamlin himself took to social media with a message of his own on Monday.
“I drove home to Buffalo today with lots of love in my heart,” he wrote in a tweet that listed Buffalo, New York as the location.
“Seeing the world come together around me on Sunday was truly an amazing feeling,” Hamlin continued. βThe same love you all have shown me is the same love I want to bring back into the world and more. Bigger than football!β
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Seeing the world come together around me on Sunday was truly an amazing feeling.
The same love you all showed me is the same love I want to bring back into the world.
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What exactly caused Hamlin’s cardiac arrest is still unclear. A day after his collapse, CBS News medical worker Dr. David Agus that blunt force trauma to the chest could occur “at just the right place, at just the right moment during his heartbeat.” caused an arrhythmiaan irregular heart rhythm that interferes with blood flow to the brain.
Hamlin joined the Bills during the 2021 NFL Draft after a successful college football career at the University of Pittsburgh and played 14 games in a reserve role during his rookie season. The current NFL season is Hamlin’s first as a starter for the team.
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