"No one has ever seen anything like this," in regards to the Bills player...

[3catwoman3]

...who collapsed.

Actually, yes we have.

In the summer of 2021, Danish soccer/football player Christian Eriksen, who currently plays for Manchester United, had a cardiac arrest on the pitch and was clinically "gone" initially. He not only survived, but returned to playing and just played for his country in the World Cup.

He had an internal defibrillator implanted.

I was sure his soccer career was over.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/13/football/christian-eriksen-stable-spt-intl/index.html

May this young man be just as fortunate.

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[mucifer]

2. Hoping the paramedics being right there saved him.

[LisaM]

3. I was watching that game too.

Also, when Reggie Brown collapsed in a Detroit Lions game a few years ago (though his was a spinal injury, he had to be resuscitated on the field when he stopped breathing).

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. I'll just leave this here, about DJ Hayden

who suffered a burst Interior Vena Cava on the practice field in college (Houston) after being knee'd in the chest in a routine tackle.

Check out the guy's scar ...

https://www.si.com/nfl/2013/09/10/raiders-colts-dj-hayden

Granted it's college not the NFL, but this kinda thing 'has been seen', maybe not on a such a huge stage as tonight's hugely important (to the standings) MNF game, but ... it's been seen in Football for sure.

[LisaM]

6. They were all shocked, so I will give them a pass.

Someone could have looked it up, but I didn't feel like being treated to a lowlight reel of horrific injuries anyway.

But I agree that it was been seen before.

[Celerity]

5. Eriksen plays for Man U now. Often starts.

[Old Crank]

7. These athletes have a big advantage

Over normal citizens.
There are highly trained medical providers right there. Erikson was conscious when they took him to the hospital that was next door to the arena.

Plus they are in great physical shape which helps also.

Hope the Bills player makes a full recovery.

[zanana1]

8. He's so young.

I'm not a football fan, but I'm praying for him. I hope he recovers fully.

[SunSeeker]

9. Yup, and Christian Eriksen was unvaxxed.

From the CNN article:

Inter Milan chief executive Giuseppe Marotta said Eriksen has never had Covid-19 and was never vaccinated.

[róisín_dubh]

10. I was yelling at the TV about this.

given that ESPN showed the Euros, you'd think they'd have mentioned it.

[CabbageAndBeans]

11. I found this frustrating as well.

I am sure they meant they had never seen this on the football field, and I am sure this is true from their experience. But Commotio Cordis is far too common in youth sports, particularly baseball. USA Baseball/Little League still does not require players to wear protective undershirts. When I coached I tried to require it but was overruled by the our league.

[link:https://unequal.com/news/commotio-cordis-is-a-secret-killer-in-youth-sports/|

[link:https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2004/03/george-boiardi-22-cornell-senior-and-lacrosse-player-dies-after-being-struck-ball|

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. Thanks for bringing up George Boiardi. I've written about him before on another forum. NT