bingold49 t1_j32l1l5 wrote
Needed to hear this today, straight thought I watched someone die on Monday
ga-co t1_j32saga wrote
I was like 99% there. This is such good news. Can’t wait to see his reaction to how much money his toy drive raised.
jahSEEus t1_j332fhc wrote
It's a great thing, but almost a little insulting imo.
You're telling me I had to die for people to care about this?
ga-co t1_j332qxi wrote
There are a million charities and not all can be in the spotlight. This is one bright spot from an awful incident.
Geeseareawesome t1_j336grm wrote
Most people, like myself, probably hadn't heard about it until we heard what happened and had no idea who he was. Quick google search and internet forum creeping, more people hear about it, and choose to donate as a means of showing support.
Pristine-Ad-469 t1_j35bnkh wrote
People do care about it. There are other charities for the same cause and other charities in the spotlight. You can only give so much.
His charity is now in the spotlight and once he is more aware and realizes that the foundation he set up raised so much money and he has helped so many people, he’s going to be super happy! It’s nice to have some good come out of a bad situation
AndringRasew t1_j336z95 wrote
He very well could have. Had they taken any longer to administer CPR, had they not defibrillated him fast enough, had the ambulance been delayed.
He's one of the lucky ~50%.
RavenDarkholme084 t1_j33nk0w wrote
Facts^^^ I work in the icu and people who usually have a heart attack out in the field have such low chance of coming out of it intact. I’ve seen it so many times where they end up in our icu and yes they resuscitate them on the way but it’s too late… as an, there has been extensive brain damage due to not getting blood flow to the brain
That is why high quality cpr as soon as the heart stops and early defibrillation (if it’s a shockable rhythm) is important. The whole goal of cpr is to move blood that has oxygen to all the tissues (brain is the most important one). Kidneys may fail and have an acute injury but can make a relatively good recovery. Not the brain though. It’s good all was done within a timely manner
Emotional-Text7904 t1_j34390d wrote
Yeah, and a lot of people don't actually know how rarely CPR actually works. It's always worth it to try but sometimes like only 3% or some crazy low number are actually able to be resuscitated after needing CPR. But imo you always need to try and do your best and keep that hope
RavenDarkholme084 t1_j35z81v wrote
A lot of family members at the hospital are also shocked when I tell them doing CPR involves breaking the ribs but after I explain to them that the whole point of cpr is to pump blood through, and our heart is like a sponge and we need to get to that sponge to squeeze , reabsorb more blood, and squeeze again, just to move things through, they finally get it.
justpaisley t1_j33rhf6 wrote
Less than that probably! (Non-medical professional here.) I had read that the staff had proned him while he was on the vent to relieve stress on his lungs, and that if they do that, it's usually gotten to about the 30% survival zone. I'm relieved and amazed to hear about him being awake and responding. I really thought a best case scenario for this guy was going to be a persistent vegetative state.
RavenDarkholme084 t1_j35z05i wrote
The fact that they started cpr really fast and got him the medical help really quick helped a ton.
What I don’t understand is why they proned him. The only reason to prone people is if they are having issues staying oxygenated (even with the ventilator on the max amount of support settings they can do). Unless there is new evidence showing that proning somehow has positive outcomes in after the heart stops/has an arrhythmia? I haven’t heard about this yet unless we are behind on research. That is for the doctors to deal with. I just know we don’t normally prone unless they see a reason to. Some people may not even be stable enough to prone. It’s wild. Some you barely touch and their oxygen plummets. Those don’t generally make it though
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gorgonopsidkid t1_j33bz1e wrote
And the officials wanted to keep playing the game after that smh
Courtaid t1_j33vaey wrote
This was and an unprecedented event. The Refs were following protocol for a game interruption. The coaches did the right thing, I’m fact everyone from the on air talent, to the NFL did the right thing.
WeedsInMyMind t1_j33ffr6 wrote
And the coaches told them to go pound sand.
wildcardscoop t1_j33ukst wrote
Yeah McDermott was not having it , there is a reason the players absolutely love him
DefinitionMission144 t1_j342c6v wrote
If you watch coach Taylor’s press conference from yesterday, he said there was no order to resume play. Everyone just kind of went back to the sidelines and wondered what the hell to do. Some guys started warming up, everyone was processing, and they talked and ended up going to locker rooms. They were all in shock, but there was no big angry referee trying to make them play.
Reyalla508 t1_j3458ju wrote
Yeah everyone acting like the evil NFL was standing over them like GET BACK OUT THERE when they actually were communicating and trying to hear it directly from those actually on the field. And when they did they said “ok, cool, no game” and called it. They did the right thing by listening to the coaches. That’s solid management really.
renasissanceman6 t1_j33ynlb wrote
It’ll happen someday. Won’t change a thing.
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