Dahmer Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills looks on prior to a game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on September 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Buffalo Bills safety Damor Hamlin was triumphantly discharged from an Ohio hospital on Monday, a week after collapsing on the field during a nationally televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Mr. Hamlin has been released and has returned to Buffalo. I traveled with him to the airport this morning along with our UC Health air care and mobile care crews, including teammates who were at the scene at the time of Mr. Hamlin’s fall.” were with us,” Dr. William Knight IV, professor of emergency medicine and director of the Emergency Medicine MLP Program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
hamlin has been targeted unwavering support since then football fans cardiac arrest In the first quarter of last week’s “Monday Night Football” game at Pecor Stadium.
Hamlin, a 24-year-old in his second nfl seasonBengals receiver Tee Higgins made what appeared to be a routine tackle before he went limp and fell backwards.
On the field medical staff Hamlin arrived and administered CPR before being taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where the player was treated until his release on Monday.
That game in Cincinnati was postponed and eventually canceled, leaving the Bills and Bengals—both considered major Super Bowl contenders—with 16-game resumes instead of the 17 that all other NFL teams hold on their records. are near
The Bills, who beat the New England Patriots a emotional game In Orchard Park, New York, they finished 13-3 on Sunday, a half game behind the Kansas City Chiefs (14-3) for the AFC’s No. 1 seed.
Had the Bills won that game in Cincinnati and finished with an even 14–3 record, Buffalo would have had the top playoff spot and a first round bye. instead of this, Bill finished with the No. 2 seed and will host the Miami Dolphins on Sunday one in wild card round,
Under normal circumstances, if the No. 1 and 2 teams met in the conference title game, the top seed would host. But given the unprecedented turn of events in Cincinnati last week, NFL owners agreed that a possible Kansas City-Buffalo AFC Title Game should will be held at a neutral venue no more Arrowhead StadiumIt has long been considered one of the most hostile home fields in football.
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