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  CPR is not that difficult, you’re way better switching off to someone else than going tired. Also you’re supposed to perform a pulse check every 2 minutes, so during that <10 second period (you have to stop compressions to check, otherwise you’ll just feel the effect of CPR), you should swap compressors. I’ve done CPR for 2 rounds (2 minutes twice in a row) and by the time you start again post pulse check you are NOT giving effective compressions. I don’t care how good you are at CPR, at that point you’re dead tired.
context: Incredible! Hope he continues to improve and ultimately lives a long happy life, with or without football. >
  
  Probably without, unless he's got like, no heart or lung problems after having to be resuscitated twice after a cardiac arrest >
  
  Resuscitated once on the field. There was an official statement clarifying this fact. >
  
  Even once though is enough to do permanent damage, especially for ten minutes. I mean, obviously all we can do is wait and see what’s going on with him, but calling it a career is very possible. As durable and resilient as our lungs and ribs can be, as great as they can be at bouncing back, it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re so damaged that even another hit could shake the mucus all loose and give him pneumonia or an infection or worse. I’m not a doctor but I do manage an acute care inpatient unit that specializes in cardio thoracic care >
  
  My dad choked at a restaurant and was out for 10 minutes. Last attempt brought him back. That was 2 years ago and he has some slight memory issues along with mobility issues. Happy we have him but his life was forever changed that day. >
  
  Unless they're just trying to punish or sneak in some extra practice, the last attempt is always the attempt that works. >
  
  Just like how if you’ve lost something, you’ll always find it in the last place you look >
  
  I'll have looked there, told my wife it wasn't there, and then she'll have found it there. >
  
  It does it on purpose to make you look bad >
  
  My pantry does that all the time. 
  “Go get the ketchup, there’s an unopened one in the pantry.”
  “Not there.”
  And then sure enough….yes it is…. >
  
  That's great news! I hope he's able to make a full recovery. "Neurologically intact" is good to hear. >
  
  He is also writing and communicating non-vocally (still intubated). 
  Damar is still Damar.  He asked “did we win?” Doctors told him “you won Damar, you won the game of life”. 
  His body, lungs and chest will hopefully heal in due time, but his brain and self were preserved, in the now, thanks to Denny Kellington, the man who administered the CPR for 9 minutes. A true hero. >
  
  Genuine question. Should one person be delivering CPR for 9 minutes? I don’t know when quality (depth/release/rate/placement) may begin to suffer.