Four days after he arrived in critical condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Invoices Doctors announced Thursday that Salameh Hamelin was still on the path to a “remarkable” recovery. Hamlin, 24, suffered cardiac arrest after being interfered in Monday’s game vs BengalsShe requires CPR and resuscitation before being transported in the ambulance to the hospital’s intensive care unit.
On Friday, the Bills gave a positive update on Hamlin, saying his breathing tube had been removed, indicating he was breathing on his own. The team added that Hamlin “continues to make significant progress in his recovery. His neurological function remains intact and he has been able to talk to his family and care team,” according to doctors at the College of Medicine’s College of Medicine.
The Bills shared another positive update on Saturday, via UC Medical Center.
Hamlin spent Friday morning talking to his teammates on FaceTime and joined the Bills for their team meeting. Bills wrote on Twitter that Hamlin’s message to Buffalo was, “I love you boys.”
It comes a day after Dr. Timothy Britts of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center told reporters that Hamlin had begun to wake up.
“We had a lot of concern about him after the injury, but he’s making great progress,” Brits told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
Hamlin remains under the care of the hospital’s intensive care unit staff, neurocritical care teams, trauma surgery workers and cardiologists. Dr. William Knight IV added that he still had “a lot of progress that he needs to make”, “but this marks a really good turning point in his ongoing care… It’s been a long, hard road over the last few days. He’s been very ill (but) he’s made a marked improvement.” To some extent “.
For Hamelin to be upgraded to stable, Dr. Brits said, he would have to have his breathing tube taken out while his neurological function continues to improve. At the moment, he is still in critical condition, but he is getting better.
Hamlin, previously sedated, regained consciousness Thursday night and responded to commands while communicating with doctors through writing. At the time, he hadn’t spoken because he still needed help breathing, but he answered and asked questions upon waking, including asking a bedside nurse if Buffalo had won Monday’s game against the Bengals.
The doctors’ response, Brits said, was: “Yeah, devastation. You’ve won. You’ve won the game of life.”
Dr Knight said “work is ongoing” to determine the cause of the cardiac arrest Hamlin suffered during Monday’s game. (Non-NFL affiliated cardiologist he told CBS Sports This week accidents like these can be caused by a variety of issues, including hereditary heart disease.) Meanwhile, hospital staff are still working to improve Hamlin’s ability to breathe on his own, which must be achieved before he can use a ventilator. Industrial. . Doctors explained that it was too early to say if Hamlin would ever play football again, but the ultimate goal was to improve the former Pittsburgh star so much that he could return home.
Doctors also credited the NFL and team medical personnel for Hamlin’s immediate and effective response on the field at Monday’s game, acknowledging that the incident could have played out very differently if not for prompt action.