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  The Red Cross first aid app is actually really nice. You can quickly search a condition or symptom and get the steps to take. They also have a first aid app for pets!
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 >
  
  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
  Edit: I get it, some of y’all think someone who probably just went through SSRF will be perfectly fine with stepping back out on the field and risk getting a pneumothorax from a 350lb lineman. Apparently pulmonary edema and aspiration pneumonia from scar tissue are foreign concepts also. 
  Also please note that I do not try and diagnose some preexisting heart condition or commotio cortis. I’m out >
  
  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…. >
  
  “[NFL medical chief] Sills attributed the ‘transformational response’ of medical personnel when Hamlin collapsed to a ‘60-minute meeting’ that is held among medical teams and NFL officials before every game. During the meeting, teams identify the location of medical equipment and nearby medical centers, and establish a chain of command in case of an emergency, including cardiac arrest, among other things.”
  i’ve always wondered what kind of precautions these teams really take for such a quickly-dangerous game, other than the worn protection. great to see that they prepare for the worst in order to guarantee each player is safe. >
  
  … if you’re an NFL player >
  
  If a fan was having a heart attack, do you think the team doctors would just sit on the field and watch? >
  
  They probably wouldn't even know it was happening tbh. I've been to games where EMTs had to take people out on stretchers and unless you're in the same section you wouldn't necessarily notice >
  
  I know it's a different league in a different country, but just within the last year or two I've seen two premier league matches completely stopped while team medical personnel attend to a medical emergency in the stands. It was kinda wild to see - the players noticed some commotion in the stands, and alerted the referee, who signaled to the team doctors/medical staff to rush to the emergency. Not sure that would happen at an NFL game. >
  
  I just don’t know that players would see a commotion in the stands at an NFL stadium. There’s considerable space between stands and field in American stadiums. I can’t speak for European ones, but usually there’s security in each section to radio if something is wrong in the US >
  
  Plenty of security in England (my only other stadium experience) but you’re also right that in NFL games especially, there’s a lot between the players and the fans. Not to mention the constant blaring music and noises. Makes for kind of an overwhelming experience where someone having a medical emergency would need to make quite a scene to be noticed by anyone on the field. >
  
  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. >
  
  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. >
  
  It has nothing to do with fitness? >
  
  It really doesn’t. I’ve worked with big ex-marines that refuse to do more than one round. You are much better off lining up like 5 people to rotate compressions than just have 1 “good” person doing it, cuz they’ll be shit after 2 rounds guaranteed. >
  
  He‘s playing at top level too. Love to see him play >
  
  Well, he’s playing for United…but I get your point. >
  
  Damn, United out here catching strays. I'll have you know good sir, we are currently 3rd in the league. It's Liverpool and Chelsea's turn to stink it up this season. Arsenal need to hurry up and jam a stick in their spokes too while they're at it. >
  
  Oh don't worry. As a gunner, I've learned not to have high expectations. Because with high expectations comes great disappointment. >
  
  We’ll never get the late 90’s til 2004(ish) era of gunners back. We gotta learn to accept it and move on lol >
  
  Meh, one can always dream. The trophies don’t necessarily back it up, but these last 5 years at Liverpool have been the greatest 5 years the club has ever seen. Had it not been for City’s financial cheating and the PL electing to neglect such things, we’d have reached the trophy haul the club hit back in the 80s >
  
  Really glad to hear that this morning. Poor kid. Hope he continues to improve. >
  
  Great news! Let's keep pulling for his recovery. >
  
  Those first responders ought to be recognized during the Super Bowl halftime or pregame. They’ve earned football immortality and more importantly, awareness for acting quickly. >
  
  They need more than just recognition. I hope that better compensation and benefits for not only them, but all first responders and EMTs is forthcoming. >
  
  I don’t disagree. I don’t know much the athletic trainers make for teams and I’m pretty sure the EMTs that sit in their ambulance are city based, so each salary would differ according to I’m sure a multitude of things. Still though, like when covid hit, we shouldn’t wait to bump up the benefits and monetary wages of healthcare workers. All of them are trained to save lives. >
  
  EMS is run differently depending on the state/county/municipality you're in...but it is regularly one of the most low paying jobs in all of healthcare. 
  In NY we've been fighting to get wages over $20.00 an hour for EMT's for years and it's barely happening. On top of that, insurance is usually terrible and there are no retirement options. It's a very difficulty job to make a career out of.
  hell in New York we're not even recognized as an essential service. >
  
  That’s fucking ridiculous, EMTs are the best. I have had some shit nurses, but every emt that has treated me or a friend has absolutely not fucked around and done a good job. Plus they probably see a ton of fucked up shit.
  My feel good ambulance story: was a kid playing on playground equipment and fell. Got up walked a few steps fell unconscious. 911 was called and emts show up I’m breathing fine and I come to about a min before they get there. EMTs decide I might have spinal cord injury cause I said my neck hurts. So they load me up on a back board and toss me in the ambulance. They gave me a stuffed pig cause I was kinda freaked out and in pain. Told me I was gonna be okay. I still have that stuffed pig. At the hospital they found out I just hit my head pretty hard and broke my arm. Always wish I could thanked the EMTs for their kindness. 
  So yeah emts are probably my favorite medical personal. They show up when shit hits the fan and try to make you feel better >
  
  Ideally, we bring order to chaos. I will never knock fast food workers for getting their share, they work really hard too and it’s a job I could never do. 
  What hurts the most is how undervalued we are as a service. >
  
  The high level of professsional care that was immediately available must be credited. 
  Learn CPR, get a first aid app, learn where the nearest defibrillator is! >
  
  First aid app? Any recommendations?