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Speaker 1: This is one Bill's Live, presented by called Light of Health.

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Speaker 1: All Right, welcome to a what are we up to here?

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Speaker 1: Thursday edition of One Bill's Live. The week has moved quickly,

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Speaker 1: and it feels like things are moving a lot faster

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Speaker 1: today and in a good way, as it's almost as

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Speaker 1: if a weight has been lifted um from the Bills

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Speaker 1: organization today with the news on Damar Hamlin, and it

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Speaker 1: is all in the positive form thankfully. A statement released

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Speaker 1: earlier today that read, per the physicians caring for Damar

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Speaker 1: Hamlin at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Damar has

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Speaker 1: shown remarkable improvement over the past twenty four hours. While

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Speaker 1: still critically ill, he has demonstrated that he appears to

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Speaker 1: be neurologically intact, his lungs continue to heal, and he

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Speaker 1: is making steady progress. We're grateful for the love and

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Speaker 1: report we have received. That's from his family. Kaire Elam

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Speaker 1: kind of jump the gun. He had his tweet out

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Speaker 1: before that statement even came out, and he said, our

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Speaker 1: boy is doing better, awake and showing more signs of improvement.

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Speaker 1: Thank you God, keep the prayers coming, please all love

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Speaker 1: three exclamation point. Yeah, I gotta tell you like we

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Speaker 1: saw those come down on social media in our offices

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Speaker 1: here in the Bill's Field House. I just started clapping, um,

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Speaker 1: and uh. Steve and I went for a walk after

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Speaker 1: I walked into the cafeteria and people are like, it's

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Speaker 1: a great day, and I was like, yeah, it's a

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Speaker 1: we're team employees, but we're not the players, we're not

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Speaker 1: the coaches, we're not the athletic training staff that was

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Speaker 1: that finally, Yeah, that's the it's finally the It's almost

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Speaker 1: like a signal from the like when they take these

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Speaker 1: like we all finally got a signal from Damar that

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Speaker 1: or at least the good news that about his recovery.

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Speaker 1: And you can just feel it. And I think this

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Speaker 1: So it's great to see, it's great to feel it.

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Speaker 1: so stay tuned for that. Meanwhile, other descriptions and reports

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Speaker 1: good news continues to be shared by those close to

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Speaker 1: As Steve mentioned, DeMar has even been able to hold

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Speaker 1: Truly incredible. One thing that's very clear from speaking to

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Speaker 1: it's it's amazing. Jeff Russo, a local news anchor here

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Speaker 1: have good pieces basically everywhere, but quarterback, where it's still

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Speaker 1: kind of a roller coaster. There it'll be Mike White

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Speaker 1: and not Zack Wilson, And certainly White's been the best

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Speaker 1: option for the Jets at quarterback this year. But you know,

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Speaker 1: the great mystery for the Jets going forward is going

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Speaker 1: to be can they find a quarterback to compliment an

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Speaker 1: otherwise really solid roster, And it seems like on Sunday

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Speaker 1: it may not be the answer to their question. It's

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Speaker 1: going to be a game where both defenses could be

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Speaker 1: very successful, especially if Scotter Thompson takes over once again

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Speaker 1: for the Dolphins as their starting quarterback. Good stuff has

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Speaker 1: always feeling. We appreciate you taking the time for us

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Speaker 1: today and thanks for helping us out all season field.

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Speaker 1: We'll probably see you out at the NFL combine, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to be on the show before then as well,

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Speaker 1: even if it's not talking fantasy and be thinking about

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Speaker 1: you guys in the entire city of Buffalo, and of

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Speaker 1: course Tomar Hamlin and his family all weeks. So we'll

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Speaker 1: continue to do exactly that and hopefully the next time

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Speaker 1: we talk it's under even better circumstances. Thanks again, Field,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. I stay here all right. That's ESPN NFL

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Speaker 1: insider Field Yate. It's also your fantasy football expert with

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Speaker 1: the final ultimate fantasy lineup of the season, presented by

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Speaker 1: fan Duel. Make every moment more. We take a break

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Speaker 1: here because when we come back, we are expected to

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Speaker 1: be joining the press conference that is going to be

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Speaker 1: held at the uc Medical Center in Cincinnati with the

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Speaker 1: doctors who have been treating Tomar Hamlin for an update.

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Speaker 1: We will bring that press conference to you live next

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Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live presented by Kalota Health. It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and we are awaiting

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Speaker 1: the beginning of a press conference by the University of

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Medical Center health physicians to discuss further updates on

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Speaker 1: Bill's safety. Damar Hamlin. As we told you at the

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Speaker 1: top of the show, very good news coming out of

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati this morning that Damar was awake responsive and it

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Speaker 1: appears all of his neurological functions are intact. That was

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Speaker 1: the chief concern when he did wake up, You would

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Speaker 1: he have his neurologic faculties because every second that you're

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Speaker 1: not breathing and your heart is stopped, as hard as

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Speaker 1: this is to hear, there is oxygen that is not

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Speaker 1: going to the brain, and your brain needs oxygen to function.

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Speaker 1: So fortunately, due to the very quick work of the

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Speaker 1: Bill's medical and athletic training staff as well as the

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Speaker 1: staffs on the Cincinnati Bengal sideline, it looks as though

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Speaker 1: Damar the early indications are that he has avoided any

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Speaker 1: logical setbacks as a result of the cardiac event he

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Speaker 1: experienced on the field Monday night. So we got the

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Speaker 1: update from the family in a team statement this morning,

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Speaker 1: which was encouraging. We've heard other national reports from ESPN's

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Speaker 1: Diana Rassini and Adam Schefter, as well as NFL Network

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Speaker 1: See and Rappaport that he is making remarkable improvement. Diana

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Speaker 1: Rassini even reported that doctors believe he is a head

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Speaker 1: of schedule. That's her report. We'll see if the doctor

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Speaker 1: is in fact confirmed that when we hear from them momentarily,

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Speaker 1: it's we are expecting to be updated by William Knight

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Speaker 1: the fourth, MD's the professor of Department of Emergency Medicine

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Speaker 1: at the University of Cincinnati. He's a College of Medicine.

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Speaker 1: And also Timothy Pritts, MD. He's the professor in the

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Speaker 1: So those are the two gentlemen, at least two of

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Speaker 1: the gentlemen that we'll be looking to hear from in

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Speaker 1: a few minutes. We've been waiting for this press conference

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Speaker 1: and we knew that it was you know, just with

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Speaker 1: our experience about this stuff, we knew it wasn't going

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Speaker 1: to come off right when they said it was going

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Speaker 1: what those permissible what the permissible information to release is

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Speaker 1: and what is not permissible to release there at certain

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Speaker 1: this is obviously a private time as well as public

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Speaker 1: as this story is, and as far reaching as this

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Speaker 1: we're all in that boat, especially here in Western New York.

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Speaker 1: At the same time, this is a very private matter,

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Speaker 1: go now live to the uc Medical Center for the

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Speaker 1: latest updates on DeMar. Good afternoon. My name is Kristin Weavers,

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Speaker 1: and I'm the senior vice president and chief Marketing and

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Speaker 1: Communications Officer here at u SEE Health representing the University

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Speaker 1: of Cincinnati Medical Center here in Cincinnati, Ohio. We're delighted

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Speaker 1: to join you today and to be invited by Damar's

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Speaker 1: family and the Buffalo Bills to give you an update

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Speaker 1: on the medical condition of Damar. I'd like to introduce

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Speaker 1: these two incredible physicians that are with us today. Doctor

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Speaker 1: William Knight, A Night the fourth is a professor in

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Speaker 1: the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: College of Medicine. Doctor Knight is also the lead physician

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Speaker 1: for the Cincinnati Team of Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultants, Visiting Team

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Speaker 1: field paramedics, airway management physicians, and respiratory therapists. Doctor Timothy

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Speaker 1: in the Department of Surgery at the University of Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: College of Medicine and the Division Chief of General Surgery.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to hand our beginning comments over to doctor

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Speaker 1: condition of Damar Hamlin. Doctor Printz Definite and everybody ingredients

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Speaker 1: from the University Sincinnati Medical Center. It's our privilege today

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Speaker 1: to meet with you and doctor Knight and I are

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Speaker 1: representing the many, many individuals and teams that have helped

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Speaker 1: care for mister Hamlin since the on field event on

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Speaker 1: Monday night. We would like to share that there has

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Speaker 1: injury and after the event that happened on the field,

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Speaker 1: but he is making substantial progress. As of this morning,

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Speaker 1: he is beginning to awaken and it appears that his

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Speaker 1: neurological condition in function is intact. We are very proud

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Speaker 1: to report that, very happy for him and for his

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Speaker 1: family and for the Buffalo Bill's organization that he is

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Speaker 1: making improvement. He continues to be critically ill and continues

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Speaker 1: to undergo intensive care in our surgical and Trauma ICU.

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Speaker 1: He's being cared for by ICU neurosurgery I'm sorry, neurocritical

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Speaker 1: care teams, trauma surgery, and a cardiology team, as well

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Speaker 1: as our expert nurses and respiratory therapists. They are attending

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Speaker 1: to him and he still has a significant progress that

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Speaker 1: he needs to make, but this remark, this marks a

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Speaker 1: really a good turning point in his ongoing carey. To

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Speaker 1: entertain some questions and I believe representatives from the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills are going to help facilitate those for us, Doctor Prince,

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Speaker 1: Doctor Knight, this is Cameron Wolf with NFL Network. Really

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Speaker 1: appreciates you and some time with us and sharing some

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Speaker 1: updates here as possible. Can you take us through the

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Speaker 1: timeline from when DeMar arrived in your care to where

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Speaker 1: we are now as far as what you guys did

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Speaker 1: with us with his recovery and where that progress and

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Speaker 1: specific is. Yeah, I come through clearly there. Nope, Can

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Speaker 1: you try again? Yes? Apologies. First of all, appreciate you doctor,

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Speaker 1: doctor Prince and doctor Knight for your time and your

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Speaker 1: care in this situation. This Cameron Wolf with NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to inquire if you can take us

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Speaker 1: through the timeline from when DeMar came into your care

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Speaker 1: and to where he is now as far as what

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Speaker 1: you guys have done to get him to this significant

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Speaker 1: improvement stage. Sure, and thanks for being here today. What

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Speaker 1: I can tell you is that our team involved a

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Speaker 1: mister Hamlet on the field on Monday night. He was

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Speaker 1: attended to by four of our emergency physicians serving in

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Speaker 1: the various roles as the airway physician, the visiting team,

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Speaker 1: medical liaison, a neurotrauma consultant, as well as one of

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Speaker 1: the team positions for the Cincinnati Bells the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 1: As everybody knows, mister Hamilton stuffered a cardiac arrest on

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Speaker 1: Bill's medical staff and that allowed for a very immediate

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Speaker 1: require CPR and defibrillation, and at which point he was

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Speaker 1: transported to University Sinca Medical Center, when he was met

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Speaker 1: by doctor by doctor Pritson, the trauma team as well

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Speaker 1: as our emergency medicine colleagues. He was managed and resuscitated

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Speaker 1: has been managed the surgical ICUs. As doctor Prince said,

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Speaker 1: it's been a long and difficult road for the last

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Speaker 1: three days. He has been very sick and has made

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Speaker 1: a fairly remarkable recovery and improvement to the point, as

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Speaker 1: as Tim noted, he is now demonstrating that sign of

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Speaker 1: good neurologic recovery as well as overall clinical improvements as

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Speaker 1: has been previously reported related to not just his vital signs,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of his other individual organ recovery. This

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Speaker 1: is Thad Brown from w ROC Television in Rochester, New York. Again,

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Speaker 1: like Cameron said, thank you very much for your time

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Speaker 1: and all the work that you've done with this can

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Speaker 1: you speak at all to the cause of what happened,

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Speaker 1: what caused the cardiac arrest, and I think specifically, was

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Speaker 1: it simply the actions that happened on the field or

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Speaker 1: was there something existing that you made mister Hamlin, I

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Speaker 1: guess something that might be susceptible that did this happening.

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Speaker 1: The answer to that is that that workup is ongoing

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Speaker 1: and we do not have definitive answers as to the

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Speaker 1: ideology at the arrest at this time, and that tess

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Speaker 1: will continue to be ongoing as he continues to progress.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Hi, doctor Knight and doctor Pritce.

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Speaker 1: This is map O Bay with WKBW and Buffalo, New York.

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Speaker 1: As everybody has also said, thank you for everything that

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Speaker 1: you guys have done. I know you briefly mentioned it

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Speaker 1: to Cameron's question about what the timeline was like, but

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Speaker 1: can you guys go into a little bit more detail

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Speaker 1: or explain how critical those first moments were on the

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Speaker 1: fields to ultimately get him to this point and what

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Speaker 1: the doctors and the medical staff from the Bills and

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Speaker 1: Bengals were able to accomplish in that period. Sure, I

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Speaker 1: think it just speaks really to the immediate recognition that

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Speaker 1: there was something significantly and seriously wrong by the Bills

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Speaker 1: medical staff team and I speak together. We cannot credit

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Speaker 1: their team enough. They're often unfortunately, there are injuries occasionally

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Speaker 1: that happen on sports fields, be at football or others,

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Speaker 1: but it is incredibly rare to have something be this

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Speaker 1: serious that happens like that, and to be that quickly recognized.

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Speaker 1: What they did was immediately marshal the emergency action plan,

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Speaker 1: meaning the emergency medicine services, that prompted the airway physician,

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Speaker 1: the emergency physician that was out on the field to

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Speaker 1: be at his bedside in less than a minute. He

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Speaker 1: had a prompt recognition of loss of pulse which gave

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Speaker 1: him immediate bystander CPR, which as all many of you know, rarely,

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Speaker 1: if ever happens. And so the fact that that mister

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Speaker 1: Hamlin had immediate bystanderd CPR in addition to prompt recognition

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Speaker 1: of his arrhythmia to get defibrillated and then back to

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Speaker 1: the return of circulation very quickly. That speaks to that

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Speaker 1: timeline that you were asking about to get the return

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Speaker 1: of spontaneous circulation with media by standard CPR that was

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Speaker 1: performed well all meeting the standard of what we would

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Speaker 1: expect in that scenario is what has led us to

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Speaker 1: be able to discuss these good outcomes today. I will

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Speaker 1: second that you know the Bills training staff, it was

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Speaker 1: with them immediately recognized that this was not the run

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Speaker 1: of the middle injury and that they had a significant

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Speaker 1: event on their hands and immediately responded and got the

644
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 1: emergency response team involved in his care. And really this

645
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: was went as well as something like this could go

646
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 1: under very challenging circumstances, and they did a fantast which

647
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: is why we're here today and understanding how complicated of

648
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 1: a situation this ultimately is. Would it be fair to

649
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 1: say that if things would have taken a few extra

650
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: minutes or maybe even a few extra seconds, there could

651
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,439
Speaker 1: have been a different outcome here. I think that's fair

652
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,320
Speaker 1: to say. All right, thank you both for everything that

653
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: you guys have done and for the time today. This

654
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: is John John Scott from Spectrum US in Buffalo. You

655
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: mentioned there are signs of neurological intact. What have been

656
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: those signs that you have seen from him that give

657
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: you the reasoning to make that assessment. Well, we're in

658
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 1: the situation where we wanted to allow him to gradually,

659
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: you know, wake up as the rest of his body

660
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: was healing, and last night he was able to emerge

661
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: and follow commands and even ask who had won the

662
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: game and timeline wise. I'm sure you don't necessarily deal

663
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: with these events regularly, but how common is it from

664
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: Monday night to now for that sort of improvement to

665
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,800
Speaker 1: be made. The answer to that is it's variable. We

666
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: do manage postcardac arrest patients routinely as part of critical

667
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: care in all of our ICUs, and it's variable. But

668
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: it speaks to his age, his incredible fitness, and then again,

669
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: I don't think that we could emphasize enough the immediate

670
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 1: medical response. The fact that he had highly trained professionals

671
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: from the Buffalo Bills in addition to having paramedics, emergency physicians,

672
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: restaurant therapists all right at his bedside in less than

673
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,800
Speaker 1: a minute from the collapse. That speaks to that ability,

674
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 1: that demonstrates that he had good profusion to his brain

675
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: that led to no identifiable neurologic deficit. Thank you so much,

676
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 1: doctor Prince. I just want to follow up on something

677
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 1: you said that Tamar spoke last night. Can you speak

678
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 1: to that I can clarify he did not speak. He

679
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 1: was able to communicate in writing, and he is unable

680
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: to speak with us yet as he still has a

681
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: breathing tube in and we are still assisting him with ventilation.

682
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: So the you know, when he was communicating with us

683
00:40:58,120 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: last night and then again today, that's been in right.

684
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: And you know the paraphrase one of our partners, you

685
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: know when when he asked, did we win? The answer

686
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: is yes, you know tomorrow you won. You've won the

687
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 1: game of life. And that's probably the most important thing

688
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 1: out of this. And we really need to keep him

689
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: in the center of everything else that's going on, and

690
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: we really want to ensure good outcome for him. Hi,

691
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: this is Todd Nikes with WLWT TV here in Cincinnati

692
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: and doctors. Again. I know so many people are just

693
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,959
Speaker 1: so grateful for the work that you've done, the work

694
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 1: on the field and so forth. I was fascinated. I

695
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 1: think so many of us were to learn about the

696
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,319
Speaker 1: protocols the NFL has in place, the sixty minute meeting

697
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 1: and so forth. When the Chief Medical Officer talked about

698
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: that yesterday, and the question was asked a bit earlier,

699
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: but I'll circle back. Had there not been one thing

700
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: in that protocol that would not have been in place,

701
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 1: whether it was equipment or might not have worked, or

702
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: a personnel or so forth, what would that one thing

703
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: have been that could have led to a more you know,

704
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: tragic out Because I think we're all realizing that the

705
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: NFL does a lot of pre planning for these kinds

706
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: of situations. I'm just curious to get your take on that.

707
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: I'm not sure there is one thing I think that

708
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: really speaking and emphasizing to that team approach that if

709
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: you see those pictures in that video of the congregation

710
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 1: of the team, you had Bills professionals, Bengals professionals, independent physicians.

711
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: But we have all the right equipment. There's all the

712
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: EMS equipment, airway equipment, advanced cardiac life support equipment, the

713
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: ability to do CPR, the ability to defibrillate is all

714
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 1: there and all spelled out in terms of accessibility. Speaking

715
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: specifically to our team, we had several of my partners

716
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: that were there were teammates that were partners that were

717
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: helping to resist state, mister Hamlin. And you have those

718
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,840
Speaker 1: scenarios where people know each other and they train together,

719
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of speaking that needs to happen.

720
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: They know how to work, they know how to integrate,

721
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: no different than when doctor Pritz and I are working

722
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 1: in the trauma bay, you see, and that really goes

723
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 1: a long way to helping with that in terms of

724
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 1: that overall management. But was there one thing or is

725
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 1: there one thing that if absent, would have led to

726
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,919
Speaker 1: a poor outcome? I can't say that there was any

727
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:18,440
Speaker 1: one thing, because it really is the entire global spectrum

728
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: of care from the minuity collapsed until the ongoing carries

729
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: receiving right now up in the ICU. HI, this is

730
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: Katherine Fitzgerald from the Buffalo News. Thank you guys so

731
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: much for all of this clarity and everything you're doing.

732
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,799
Speaker 1: I was wondering if you could just add a bit

733
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: more context on kind of what next steps will look

734
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: like for recovery from DeMar You know, you mentioned how

735
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: his health puts him in a good position, but just

736
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: from a human standpoint, just kind of what is the

737
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 1: process like from here for him? Yeah? From ours, that's

738
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: a great question, and there are many many steps so

739
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: still ahead of him. From our standpoint, we would like

740
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: to see him continue to improve to be completely breathing

741
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:01,320
Speaker 1: on his own and than to be you know, ready

742
00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: to be discharged from the hospital. So those are the

743
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 1: immediate next steps as we go for his care. You know,

744
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: his family has been with him at his bedside as

745
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,280
Speaker 1: members of Buffalo Bill organization really since this all began,

746
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 1: and we really want to get him home to them,

747
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,400
Speaker 1: and so those will be the immediate next steps, and

748
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,280
Speaker 1: then we'll talk about potential plans for the future. Hey, guys,

749
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: it's Liz Bonus from w KRCTV Cincinnati. So excited to

750
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: just talk to you for the first time. And I

751
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: want to say you've certainly made a difference showcasing our

752
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: city and the great medical care here. A couple of

753
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: things I've heard that he had to be traked on

754
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 1: the field. I was wondering if you could comment on that,

755
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: and that is a result there may be some long challenges.

756
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 1: And then I also just wondered, you know, kind of

757
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: from here, what about the physical constraints. Now do you

758
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 1: expect him to fully walk and talk and all the

759
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: rest of that sounds like the brain function we were

760
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: really worried about as good, But what about the rest.

761
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: As I can answer your first question, he was not

762
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: tracked on the field, He was intubated on the field,

763
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: had what I would deem a textbook resuscitation on the

764
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 1: field from again immediate by standards, CPR, defibrillation, airway management,

765
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: and then transport to the hospital. It's critical that we

766
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: do that resuscitation at the scene of where a cardiac

767
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:26,919
Speaker 1: arrest is that portends the best recovery. There was no

768
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 1: track or or airway other than the end of trail

769
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 1: tube that he has. As for the long term recovery, again,

770
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,280
Speaker 1: we're focused on the right now and he still has

771
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:41,920
Speaker 1: a little ways to go in terms of liberation from

772
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 1: the mentilator, and I think that that's going to be

773
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: our focus right now in terms of helping him to recover, liberate,

774
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 1: continue to get stronger and rehabilitate. But it is entirely

775
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: too early to project into the future. So is there

776
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,239
Speaker 1: any reason that you don't expect him to make a

777
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: full recovery. Again, more focused on right now. I don't

778
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 1: have any reason to expect or not to expect anything

779
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: in the future. Just focusing on what's going on right now.

780
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: All right, last thing, lots of people are praying for

781
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:13,320
Speaker 1: you guys, and they've just wondering if you've felt it. Yeah,

782
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: we have. It's been it's been very powerful. We've been

783
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: surrounded by a great I think we keep using the

784
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: word team in that um by doctor Prince and I

785
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 1: being able to get to know this amazing family and

786
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 1: this amazing organization of in a matter of forty an

787
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: hours having friends and having family, of the hugs and

788
00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:35,799
Speaker 1: the tears that have already been shed just by the

789
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 1: progress that's been made. But then looking outside, I mean

790
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: I'll have to do is look over my left shoulder

791
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: and I see vigils and posters and well wishers and

792
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: the food that has showed up at the hospital. For

793
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,440
Speaker 1: the support for the family and for the emergency department

794
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: and for the surgical ICU team. The support that's been

795
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,760
Speaker 1: done to the family. Um, the Mars family is wonderful.

796
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,920
Speaker 1: They've been right here. They've been They've been great throughout

797
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: the entire stay. And so have we felt it. Yeah,

798
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 1: it does take a long to look outside and see

799
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,879
Speaker 1: the lights, the blue and the red around the city

800
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: of Cincinnati. The support from local restaurants, the support from

801
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: the fans, and just and just people who are concerned.

802
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 1: So yes, it's been very powerful. And does DeMar know

803
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:19,240
Speaker 1: it too. He's learning it today, learning it today. Excellent.

804
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: Thanks you guys. Hi, guys, this is Coldy Harvey with

805
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: ESPN and just echoing everyone else. Really, thank you guys

806
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 1: so much for taking this opportunity to talk to us. Um,

807
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,000
Speaker 1: I actually kind of I just have two questions, but

808
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,399
Speaker 1: I want to piggyback on that last point. You guys

809
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 1: have mentioned that there has been a level of communication

810
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: with DeMar, writing I'm curious what are you all able

811
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: to see that he's understanding or processing what all has

812
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,960
Speaker 1: happened to him these last couple of days. Yeah, we've discussed,

813
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: you know, with him what happened. He's not quite to

814
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: the point where we can have a conversation because again

815
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: still has a breathing too, benum. And he's able to

816
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: communicaty with yess and knows by shaking his head, not

817
00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:03,279
Speaker 1: his or with with brief notes. Um. You know, we

818
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: he was expressed surprise that he had been you know,

819
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 1: not with with the world for two days. Uh. And

820
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: you know we've talked to him about all the support

821
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: that's been given from Cincinnati, Buffalo and really across the

822
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 1: country for him and his family during this time, you know,

823
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: his his mom and dad have talked to him about

824
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,520
Speaker 1: what has happened, and we expect that we'll continue to

825
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 1: have ongoing conversations with him, you know. And again his first,

826
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,080
Speaker 1: you know, first question that he wrote when he when

827
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: he started to awaken was it was did we went? So?

828
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: We know that he's really it's not only that the

829
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: lights are on, we know that he's home. Uh, and

830
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: that appears at all. All the cylinders are firing within

831
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: his brain, which is greatly gratifying for all of us,

832
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:44,879
Speaker 1: for the nurses and the respiratory therapist and the care

833
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,239
Speaker 1: team that's been in his side, for his family, and

834
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: for everybody else beyond I and my last other question

835
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: is what comes next? What? What? What exactly are you

836
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:57,320
Speaker 1: all looking to see next as you begin to to

837
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 1: to go forward with his recovery. Yeah, well, we want

838
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,960
Speaker 1: to team continue to breathe more on his own than

839
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,799
Speaker 1: we want to get him breathing completely on his own.

840
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 1: That will be the next big milestone for him. Okay,

841
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 1: thank you guys so much. Hello doctors. Adam Kilgore with

842
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: the Washington Post, thank you for doing this at this stage.

843
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: What would you project to be the best case scenario

844
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:30,279
Speaker 1: for DeMar's ultimate return to function I think, um, I

845
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:32,319
Speaker 1: mean what is the best? The best is getting him

846
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 1: too the way he was at eight o'clock on Monday

847
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 1: evening is completely neurologically intact, strong, good lung function, no

848
00:49:42,719 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: cardiac dysfunction with his heart. The best outcome would be

849
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 1: back to who he was before this all happened. Hi,

850
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: this is Jacqueline Howard from CNN, and thank you so

851
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,640
Speaker 1: much for taking my question and thanks for all of

852
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,160
Speaker 1: the work that you guys are doing. Um, I do

853
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 1: have some questions about just the chain of a and

854
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: what happened where curious did he have a second resuscitation

855
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 1: at the hospital, and then how long was the baby

856
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 1: lator used and the total minutes of CPR And lastly,

857
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 1: can you confirm as he moving his hands and feet

858
00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: at this time? Thank you. I'll start in reverse. He's

859
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: moving his hands his feet and again appears to be

860
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:30,040
Speaker 1: neurologically intact to both our exam and our neuro neurology

861
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: consultants exams, so it appears to be doing well. He is.

862
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 1: He received one defibrilation and one round of CPR that

863
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,240
Speaker 1: was on the field. He did not receive a second

864
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,840
Speaker 1: defib relation or additional CPR once he was in the

865
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 1: ambulance or at the hospital. Hey, doctors, thank you for

866
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: doing this to clarify something that was just said. The

867
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:54,719
Speaker 1: best is getting him back to the way he was

868
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:58,000
Speaker 1: prior to the injury. Does that mean the door is

869
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:02,000
Speaker 1: open for him to play professional football again? And then

870
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:06,240
Speaker 1: in the more immediate term, Um, what's a reasonable amount

871
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:08,800
Speaker 1: of time to suspect that he will remain in intensive

872
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: care and in the hospital as a whole. I think

873
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,840
Speaker 1: the answer to the first question about his future and

874
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 1: professional football is that it's an entirely too early to

875
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,399
Speaker 1: have that conversation. He's still critically ill in the ICU

876
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:24,880
Speaker 1: are focuses on getting him better, to get him excavated

877
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:29,360
Speaker 1: and on the road to recovery. So it truly is

878
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,840
Speaker 1: too early to have that that conversation. UM, and I

879
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 1: already forgot your second question. I apologize. The real the

880
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,960
Speaker 1: real next steps are allowing him to continue to get

881
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: better again. We're still focused on the day to day

882
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: and then we'll talk about, you know, next steps after that.

883
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: This is Tom Puckett from WBON News Radio nine thirty

884
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Doctors on you just answered Chris's question about

885
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 1: the time frame for Damar Hamlin's return got through the

886
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: pro football. But how much post hospitalization physical therapy and

887
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 1: the likes will he need before he gets clearance to

888
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 1: return to football. Yeah, that's a very good question, and

889
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:13,840
Speaker 1: that's a very it's really individualized to each person and

890
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: that that process of recovery rehabilitation starts to really engage

891
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 1: and involve physical therapists, rehab physicians in terms of what

892
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:27,160
Speaker 1: are his needs. He was incredibly sick for two days

893
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 1: in the ICU, and we would expect that as he

894
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,120
Speaker 1: continues to recover, we'll see what kind of sequeli there

895
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:35,279
Speaker 1: may or may not be from that. A lot of

896
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,360
Speaker 1: it is just going to be defining what kind of

897
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 1: strength may he have from that and recover as we

898
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,320
Speaker 1: get his nutrition back up to par and his strength

899
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,759
Speaker 1: back up to par and his rehab and recovery. So

900
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: it'll be a very individualized, tailored plan that will become

901
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:51,799
Speaker 1: a lot more clear when we're in that phase, which

902
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:55,120
Speaker 1: we're still a little ways out from. Hello to you both,

903
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:57,399
Speaker 1: and thank you, as all of us have been saying

904
00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:59,279
Speaker 1: so much for taking some time to be here with

905
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,120
Speaker 1: us today. This is Jenna Harner from WPXI in Pittsburgh.

906
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: You mentioned liberation from the ventilator. What hurdles are still

907
00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:10,320
Speaker 1: left for DeMar to get off that ventilator and hopefully,

908
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:12,000
Speaker 1: as I know a lot of us are hoping to

909
00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:14,640
Speaker 1: help him get out of the intensive care unit. You know,

910
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:18,640
Speaker 1: we sort of view the ventilator as an aid for

911
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 1: him as he needs it, and so you know, after

912
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 1: the initial event, we were supporting him on the ventilator

913
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: one hundred percent, and what our goal really is for

914
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:31,600
Speaker 1: liberation for mechanical ventilation is to gradually decrease the amount

915
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 1: of support and let him pick up the difference. And

916
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,600
Speaker 1: when we reach zero percent support, breathing two comes out

917
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:40,759
Speaker 1: and then then we define that a success. Hi, this

918
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: is more at home in with today. Thank you again

919
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,000
Speaker 1: so much for taking the time. There's been a lot

920
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,799
Speaker 1: of speculation around the fact that DeMar's condition might be

921
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: related to a condition called komotio cordis. I just wanted

922
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,680
Speaker 1: to see if you guys had any thoughts on that.

923
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 1: I know it's a little early to tell at this

924
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,879
Speaker 1: stage based about the etiology, but do you have any

925
00:53:56,880 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 1: thoughts on whether that might be playing a role and

926
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: if so, how that may affect the recovery process. Thank

927
00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:07,239
Speaker 1: you for sure, we've similarly heard those same suggestions. And

928
00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 1: the way that I would answer that question is that

929
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 1: that condition, commucial cordis, is an incredibly rare event that happens.

930
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,879
Speaker 1: It's also a diagnosis of exclusion in our world, which

931
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:21,239
Speaker 1: basically means we have to rule out many other more

932
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:25,880
Speaker 1: common or more deadly or more fixable type conditions before

933
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:29,000
Speaker 1: we can settle in on an ultimate diagnosis such as that.

934
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,279
Speaker 1: And so he has ongoing testing that will be tested

935
00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:35,760
Speaker 1: in the future. And so I guess it would summarize

936
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,359
Speaker 1: down to it. It is still too early to say

937
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 1: that is it on the list of considerations. It is,

938
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: but he has many other things that we need to

939
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:47,400
Speaker 1: work through before a final ideology or cause for this

940
00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: arrest can be definitively defined. Hi doctors. Maggie Best with

941
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:55,560
Speaker 1: NBC News, thank you again, echoing what everybody's saying. First

942
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,440
Speaker 1: and foremost a minute detailed question. But what is he

943
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 1: writing on? Is it a white boar word or a

944
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,760
Speaker 1: no pad? It's it's high tech, it's a it's depending

945
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: a piece of paper and a clipboard. Oh wow, Yeah,

946
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,760
Speaker 1: that's very high tech. Thank you. Okay, the next question,

947
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:13,480
Speaker 1: I appreciate your thoughts on next steps and what you'd

948
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 1: like to see moving forward. We were wondering, is there

949
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 1: a timeline by which you sort of really want to

950
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: see him breathing on his own? Meaning if you don't

951
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:27,000
Speaker 1: get it by that time, it could have consequences. That's

952
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,800
Speaker 1: a that's a really good question. Every patient is different.

953
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,520
Speaker 1: And when families asked me how long do I need

954
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:35,920
Speaker 1: to be in the ICU? How long is our family

955
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: member going to need to be on eventila or the

956
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:40,000
Speaker 1: answer is as long as it takes in whatever you need.

957
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: And so you know, from our standpoint, we will continue

958
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:47,359
Speaker 1: to give him all the support an intensive physician ICU

959
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:50,840
Speaker 1: and respiratory care that he needs. But our goal is

960
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: to eventually, you know, be able to feel that all

961
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,799
Speaker 1: the way so that he's doing it all on his own.

962
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 1: But the short answer is as long as it takes.

963
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,520
Speaker 1: There's no threshold in our world beyond which they're damage

964
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:04,239
Speaker 1: from the layer support itself. Uh, And but you know

965
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,720
Speaker 1: we like to liberate him as soon as possible. I appreciate.

966
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,040
Speaker 1: And then can you also just got a text say

967
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 1: who if anyone in particular. He was asking that first

968
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:15,280
Speaker 1: question to like, maybe who's the first person he talked

969
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:19,359
Speaker 1: to when he woke up? But I can't say names

970
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:22,520
Speaker 1: with it was to his bedside of nurse last night. Okay, gotcha.

971
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:25,360
Speaker 1: So and is he holding anyone's hand? We had already

972
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:29,000
Speaker 1: might be holding family member's hands. Yep, held many people's hands,

973
00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:31,880
Speaker 1: my hand. Um, he did. His parents have been have

974
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: been with him, um constantly. There's a lot of family members,

975
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,839
Speaker 1: a lot of support from his family and friends as

976
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,800
Speaker 1: again as well as UM members of the Buffalo Bill's

977
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:45,520
Speaker 1: administrative and medical teams UM that have been really at

978
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:48,840
Speaker 1: his bedside throughout, which is his admirable in terms of

979
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:52,000
Speaker 1: the support that the Bills have shown here. And so, yes,

980
00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:55,360
Speaker 1: he's held many people's hands and and the you know,

981
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,040
Speaker 1: the Bill's organization folks as well as the family have

982
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 1: been with him constantly. Ladies interacted with all of them today. Uh,

983
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,320
Speaker 1: And so he's been he's been very interacted with the

984
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:09,439
Speaker 1: great Thank you both very much. I good afternoon. Larry

985
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:14,080
Speaker 1: See with WCPO in Cincinnati. Timeline. Question, Um, you mentioned

986
00:57:14,120 --> 00:57:16,560
Speaker 1: the care that happened within a minute of him being

987
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 1: down on the field. Can you walk us through the

988
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:21,439
Speaker 1: additional timeline of how much time it took to get

989
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,080
Speaker 1: him from being intipated there on the field to being

990
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,480
Speaker 1: in the ambulance to being in the emergency department receiving

991
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:32,160
Speaker 1: that care there UM the on the on field resuscitation

992
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 1: UM timeline, and that that is going to be reviewed

993
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: and really looked at in depth. UM kind of at

994
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,720
Speaker 1: a later moment, we like to do a more detailed

995
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:46,040
Speaker 1: debrief to really make sure that we can identify exactly

996
00:57:46,080 --> 00:57:50,080
Speaker 1: what you're talking about for both review and overall quality

997
00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 1: assurance in general. It was it was several minutes on

998
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:59,440
Speaker 1: the field before he before UM CPR was started, just

999
00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:02,200
Speaker 1: a couple of minut before CPR was started as well

1000
00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:06,880
Speaker 1: as UM before the defibrillation. He initially had a pulse

1001
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:10,479
Speaker 1: on the on the field and then lost it under

1002
00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:13,920
Speaker 1: the nose of the physicians and the team that was

1003
00:58:14,320 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 1: with him, and so he had truly a media by

1004
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 1: standard CPR, and then a defibrillation happened within several minutes

1005
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:23,840
Speaker 1: as well at that point, and that's that is really

1006
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:26,360
Speaker 1: textbook for the kind of arrhythmia that he had. And

1007
00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:29,160
Speaker 1: at which point then while his respirations were being supported.

1008
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 1: He was moved into the ambulance where he was successfully

1009
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: and quickly intubated and then transferred to the hospital. And

1010
00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:38,640
Speaker 1: so I believe, if I'm not mistaken, he was at

1011
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:43,600
Speaker 1: the hospital um a little after a half hour from

1012
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 1: when he fell forty five minutes. I don't have the

1013
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:48,280
Speaker 1: exact timeline, but again, it was all textbook to what

1014
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:51,040
Speaker 1: I would expect for the kind of cardiac arrest that

1015
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:56,120
Speaker 1: he experienced. And again we will take a break here.

1016
00:58:56,800 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 1: You've been listening to the press conference VIASOM from the

1017
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:05,840
Speaker 1: UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, doctor William A. Knight and

1018
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 1: doctor Timothy Pritz providing answers to several media questions about

1019
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:16,360
Speaker 1: DeMar Hamlin's current status, his care, and the steps that

1020
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:20,520
Speaker 1: led to getting him to the hospital in rather efficient fashion,

1021
00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:23,560
Speaker 1: which sounds based on a lot of their answers, that

1022
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:26,600
Speaker 1: it was critical in the recovery we've witnessed from DeMar

1023
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 1: to this point. We will take a break and be

1024
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 1: back with more on what was covered by the two doctors. Next.

1025
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 1: Here on one Bills Live, presented by Kalida Health, It's

1026
00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:39,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live.

1027
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:44,000
Speaker 1: We just brought you the main meat and potatoes of

1028
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 1: the press conference that was held at the UC Medical

1029
00:59:47,920 --> 00:59:51,920
Speaker 1: Center via zoom for Buffalo and national media for that matter,

1030
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:55,880
Speaker 1: from doctor William A. Knight and doctor Timothy Pritz, who

1031
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 1: were in charge of the emergency medical care that DeMar

1032
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:03,000
Speaker 1: Hammelin received at the UC Medical Center over the last

1033
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 1: couple of days, and just to briefly recap, they basically

1034
01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:13,680
Speaker 1: describe Damar's condition as such, We've seen substantial improvement in

1035
01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,760
Speaker 1: his condition over the last twenty four hours. His neurologic

1036
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: condition and function are intact. He's still critically ill and

1037
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:25,200
Speaker 1: remains in the ICU. He still has significant progress to make,

1038
01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 1: but this is a really good turning point in his

1039
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: ongoing care. Now we can get into some of the

1040
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:32,840
Speaker 1: other details as we move along here in case you

1041
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:38,160
Speaker 1: missed that press conference, but turning point, Steve, and not

1042
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:43,760
Speaker 1: only that, just the body language and the jovial nature

1043
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:46,240
Speaker 1: that you kind of felt from the two doctors just

1044
01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:49,400
Speaker 1: watching them, a lot of smiles from them. Yeah, you

1045
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 1: can clearly tell that they are very encouraged by Damar's progress.

1046
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:58,040
Speaker 1: And when he said turning point in his ongoing care,

1047
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 1: that for me means he's pretty close to being out

1048
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:04,800
Speaker 1: of the biggest dangers that maybe they were concerned about

1049
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:09,080
Speaker 1: over these first forty eight hours. That's right, And you

1050
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:11,200
Speaker 1: know that you always looked for the human side of it.

1051
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 1: They they were um encouraging in their in their remarks,

1052
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:19,600
Speaker 1: and you know, doctors usually aren't because they weren't cautious.

1053
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:21,919
Speaker 1: They're cautious because they know how things can go wrong.

1054
01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:25,000
Speaker 1: They were um very much so to think the thing

1055
01:01:25,040 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 1: that came out of it. You and I looked at

1056
01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 1: each other, and um, he asked who won the game?

1057
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:32,680
Speaker 1: As soon as he woke up, he wrote on that

1058
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:37,080
Speaker 1: who won? Um said. You know that that in and

1059
01:01:37,120 --> 01:01:39,560
Speaker 1: of it, that in of itself will make you tear up.

1060
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:42,600
Speaker 1: They're thinking about it because, uh, you know it's just,

1061
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:44,960
Speaker 1: uh that's tomorrow one. That's one of those things that

1062
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 1: a football player would do. And uh, he has no

1063
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,240
Speaker 1: he had no at the time, obviously had no idea

1064
01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:56,160
Speaker 1: what happened after what happened to him happened, uh so

1065
01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,480
Speaker 1: or what didn't happen as well. So it Um, there's

1066
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,600
Speaker 1: quite a And he's being they said, he's being now

1067
01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:04,800
Speaker 1: they're kind of filling him in on what's happened over

1068
01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 1: the last couple of days. Well, he didn't even realize

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Speaker 1: he had missed the world for the last two days.

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Speaker 1: He was surprised he was out for that long. He's like,

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Speaker 1: what do you mean, what do you mean? It's Thursday, right,

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Speaker 1: So it's everything's different today for obvious reasons. The next

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Speaker 1: step is going to be when they completely I guess

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Speaker 1: you'd call it, wean him off the ventilator and start

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01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:31,720
Speaker 1: to give him less and less help to breathe. He's

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Speaker 1: taken it over on his own. He was awake and

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Speaker 1: all that. He can't speak because of the tube the

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Speaker 1: ventilator in, but all of that stuff seems to be

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Speaker 1: pointing towards a speedy recovery. And the doctors said, then,

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Speaker 1: you know, the people were trying that The line of

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Speaker 1: questioning was trying to pin the doctors down on how

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Speaker 1: long it's going to be that he's an ICU, that

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01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:55,040
Speaker 1: he's going to be in danger, that he's going to

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Speaker 1: do all this, And the doctors were very forthright and saying, listen,

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Speaker 1: everybody's different. You don't know, but obviously he's twenty four,

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01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:07,800
Speaker 1: he's he's as fit as can be, and he's strong,

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01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:11,720
Speaker 1: so I would imagine, um, there's a lot of confidence

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01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:15,439
Speaker 1: that he's gonna move as quickly as a human could

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Speaker 1: possibly move towards that end. So that's the next real

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Speaker 1: thing that we're looking for, is when he's completely off

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Speaker 1: the help that he's getting to breathe the ventilator, things

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Speaker 1: will go a little bit faster after that, right, they said,

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Speaker 1: once he's breathing on his own their words, not mine quote,

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Speaker 1: that'll be the next big milestone. The first big milestone

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Speaker 1: was what's happened here? Wakes up has all his neurologic

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Speaker 1: faculties as far as they can tell, because, first of all,

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Speaker 1: to your thing, he said, did we win? He wrote it?

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Speaker 1: He wrote it the different he wrote it, not just

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01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:55,560
Speaker 1: speaking but also just knowing their letters and remember the

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01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:58,560
Speaker 1: dexterity of that. And I think they were they were

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Speaker 1: also encouraged by that because his short term memory is intact,

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01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:06,320
Speaker 1: because he knows the last thing that happened before he

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Speaker 1: was sedated. He still has recall of that. So I

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Speaker 1: think that's an encouraging thing too. Just to kind of

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01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:20,560
Speaker 1: wrap it up in a bow in terms of what

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Speaker 1: was communicated by the doctors here, they said his individual

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Speaker 1: organ recovery is also looking good. That's the other reason

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01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:30,680
Speaker 1: why they sedate the person or put them in a

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01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:34,600
Speaker 1: sedated state, so the entire body can rest, all functioning

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01:04:34,760 --> 01:04:38,400
Speaker 1: organs can kind of operate in kind of a sleep

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01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:43,080
Speaker 1: state instead of actively working, you know, while this person

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01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:46,480
Speaker 1: just suffered a physical trauma. So I thought it was

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01:04:46,520 --> 01:04:50,840
Speaker 1: also noteworthy that the doctor said, we cannot credit the

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01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:56,120
Speaker 1: Bill's medical and athletic training team enough for recognizing right

1115
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:00,400
Speaker 1: away what was happening. They implemented the emergency medical plan

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01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:04,400
Speaker 1: in seconds. There was a prompt recognition of the absence

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01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:09,320
Speaker 1: of a pulse, which led to immediate bystander CPR to

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01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: get defibrillated and spontaneous circulation with CPR. It all met

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Speaker 1: the standard of what is expected and is the main

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Speaker 1: reason we've seen the progress we've witnessed to this point.

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01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:25,320
Speaker 1: They did a fantastic job under the circumstances, and if

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01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:28,280
Speaker 1: the response took a bit longer, we might not see

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Speaker 1: the progress we're seeing now. That was very telling when

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Speaker 1: they said that, Yeah, the fact that it happened when

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Speaker 1: their professionals standing just a few yards away and we're

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Speaker 1: on it. And they also said something we didn't know

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01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:44,480
Speaker 1: that when they got out on the field, and you'd think,

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Speaker 1: I guess, yeah, it makes a lot of sense. They

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Speaker 1: checked for his pulse immediately he had a pulse, and

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Speaker 1: then it's and they kept and then all of a

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01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:51,880
Speaker 1: sudden he did and then all of a sudden he

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01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:55,560
Speaker 1: did not have a pulse, and that's when they left

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01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:57,440
Speaker 1: into action. And they were right there ready for it,

1134
01:05:57,440 --> 01:06:01,280
Speaker 1: and bless their hearts, win exactly like they needed it

1135
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,480
Speaker 1: to go. And so it's a lot of a lot

1136
01:06:04,520 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: of stuff in that in that press conference that was

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01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:09,360
Speaker 1: good to hear. But like you said, Brownie, the thing

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01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:14,840
Speaker 1: it got me these doctors seem really confident. Yeah, they

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01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:18,520
Speaker 1: seemed and maybe that's encouraged. Maybe maybe that's good bedside man,

1140
01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:20,600
Speaker 1: or maybe they portrain it, but man oh man, even

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01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:27,960
Speaker 1: there they're unconscious. Body language and the tone of their

1142
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:32,840
Speaker 1: words and their conversation seemed to be really really encouraging,

1143
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:35,000
Speaker 1: and it's it was great to hear. It was also

1144
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,680
Speaker 1: mentioned that there are members of the Bills organization still there.

1145
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 1: They never left Cincinnati with the team. I believe I

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01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:44,600
Speaker 1: know who those people are, but I'm not going to

1147
01:06:44,680 --> 01:06:48,240
Speaker 1: divulge that. We'll let the team do that at their discretion.

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01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:54,040
Speaker 1: As the doctor said, there are many many steps still

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01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 1: ahead of him. They want him to breathe completely on

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01:06:56,720 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 1: his own, as we said. When that happens, they said,

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01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:04,240
Speaker 1: he and be discharged from the hospital. His family's been

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01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:06,720
Speaker 1: there the whole time, but they really want to get

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01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:11,400
Speaker 1: him home. I would think the only remaining risk here, Steve,

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01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 1: and this happens anytime a ventilator is involved, is the

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01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:19,200
Speaker 1: risk of infection, because a ventilator is not a natural

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01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:22,480
Speaker 1: way to breathe, and you know, you try to keep

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01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:25,400
Speaker 1: as sterile an environment as possible, but we remember this

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01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:28,040
Speaker 1: with COVID patients. You want to get them off the

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01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:31,640
Speaker 1: ventilator sooner rather than later, because the risk of infection

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01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:34,320
Speaker 1: is always there when you're using a machine to breathe,

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01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:39,040
Speaker 1: not your own lung capacity and function. So I would

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01:07:39,040 --> 01:07:40,760
Speaker 1: think they want to get him off of that sooner

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01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:46,520
Speaker 1: rather than later to avoid that potential setback. They said.

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01:07:46,600 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 1: DeMar's family has been wonderful, and I think this is

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01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 1: important for Bill's fans to hear. The doctors were asked

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Speaker 1: if they could feel the prayers and support coming from

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01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:00,960
Speaker 1: not only the local Cincinnati community that was holding candlelight

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01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:06,720
Speaker 1: vigils right outside their windows. But the overwhelming support, people

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01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:09,800
Speaker 1: bringing food not only for the Hamlin family, but for

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01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:14,120
Speaker 1: the doctors pulling those twelve hour shifts. He said, I

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Speaker 1: believe it was doctor Knight that said this. He said,

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01:08:17,360 --> 01:08:20,960
Speaker 1: have we felt it? Yeah? Seeing the lights, the blue

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01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:22,840
Speaker 1: and red for the Bills being lit up at the

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01:08:22,840 --> 01:08:26,719
Speaker 1: Red Stadium at the Cincinnati pay Core Stadium. The support

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01:08:26,760 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 1: from local restaurants, he said, it's been very powerful. So

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01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,639
Speaker 1: kudos to you, the Bills fans who have no doubt

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01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,640
Speaker 1: been praying and earnest and sending well wishes. We have

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01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:38,920
Speaker 1: to take a break here and catch up on some

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01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:41,280
Speaker 1: time out time. We will do that, but be back

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01:08:41,320 --> 01:08:44,519
Speaker 1: with plenty more as we kind of recap the ground

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01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:47,000
Speaker 1: that was covered on tomorrow Hamlin's condition next, you know,

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live presented by Kalata Health, It's Buffalo

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01:08:49,520 --> 01:09:02,599
Speaker 1: Bills Radio. All Right, welcome back to One Bill's Live.

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01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:05,880
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. We're kind of reviewing

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01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:10,080
Speaker 1: what was covered by doctor William Knight and doctor Timothy Pritz,

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01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:15,400
Speaker 1: the UC Medical Center physicians who were spearheading the care,

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01:09:15,800 --> 01:09:19,400
Speaker 1: the emergency care for one to mar Hamlin. Last couple

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01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:22,439
Speaker 1: of days, they provided a bunch of updates among the

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01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:25,400
Speaker 1: ground that we have not covered in reviewing their comments

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01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:28,439
Speaker 1: and their answers to questions from the media, They said

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01:09:28,479 --> 01:09:31,120
Speaker 1: the best case is to get to mar back to

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01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:34,599
Speaker 1: where he was at eight pm on Monday before this

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01:09:34,680 --> 01:09:37,639
Speaker 1: all happened. There was a follow up question to that

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01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:43,440
Speaker 1: asking about a potential return to football, and they basically

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01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:47,920
Speaker 1: said his future and professional football is too premature to discuss.

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01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:52,040
Speaker 1: Our focus is getting in better and excavated, which means

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01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:55,120
Speaker 1: get the breathing tube out. It's too early to focus

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01:09:55,200 --> 01:09:58,960
Speaker 1: on those things. They view the ventilator right now as

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Speaker 1: an aid. When he first brought an in, he was

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01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:06,960
Speaker 1: in debated, bagged and they were breathing for him because

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01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:10,599
Speaker 1: of the cardiac event that he had. They want to

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01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:15,240
Speaker 1: decrease the support to where they get breathing assistance down

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01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:19,000
Speaker 1: to zero, and then at that point, when that happens,

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01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:21,840
Speaker 1: they can pull the breathing tube and then observe him,

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01:10:21,880 --> 01:10:24,760
Speaker 1: presumably for another twenty four hours, see how well he

1206
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:27,799
Speaker 1: breathes on his own, and then if all things look good,

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01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:31,880
Speaker 1: then he's looking at a discharge, right They asked they

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01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:35,240
Speaker 1: were asked about commodio cordis. I think I said that right,

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01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:38,400
Speaker 1: which is what we all kind of thought. It was

1210
01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:41,000
Speaker 1: a blow to the chest that happens at the right

1211
01:10:41,120 --> 01:10:45,120
Speaker 1: instant to make your heart. It interrupts the electrio electric

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01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:48,439
Speaker 1: current of your heart. And they asked, you know, is

1213
01:10:48,479 --> 01:10:50,760
Speaker 1: that what happened and is that what we're looking at here?

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01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:55,879
Speaker 1: And the doctor said, well, really, to diagnose commodio cordis,

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01:10:56,439 --> 01:11:00,280
Speaker 1: we really have to eliminate a bunch of other stuff first,

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01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:01,880
Speaker 1: and it's too early for us to do that. They'll

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01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:04,320
Speaker 1: they'll take an EKGs and all and all kinds of

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01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:08,479
Speaker 1: stuff about now to find out if that indeed is

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01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:11,920
Speaker 1: what happened to Damar. So they really don't know for

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01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:14,000
Speaker 1: sure exactly why or how, and all the stuff that

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01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:15,800
Speaker 1: goes into whether he had a pre existing condition that

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01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:19,080
Speaker 1: nobody that slipped through all of that stuff, So that

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01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:21,120
Speaker 1: that was one of the questions I thought was really interesting.

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01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:22,599
Speaker 1: They don't know yet, and the only way they find

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01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:24,920
Speaker 1: out is if they eliminate the stuff that is obvious.

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Speaker 1: The obvious are more common, and as the doctor explained,

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01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:32,800
Speaker 1: they do that after the focus on the care is complete,

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01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:35,920
Speaker 1: Once his care is complete and he's discharged, then a

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01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:40,240
Speaker 1: full debriefing will happen at that point in time where

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01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:43,479
Speaker 1: they will go step by step from the minute that

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01:11:43,560 --> 01:11:46,600
Speaker 1: he collapsed on the field to the day of discharge,

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01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:48,840
Speaker 1: and they will go through all the steps, the events

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01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:53,040
Speaker 1: that occurred, the procedures that were undertaken, and you know,

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01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:57,120
Speaker 1: the care that followed, and at that point in time

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01:11:57,320 --> 01:12:00,400
Speaker 1: they will rule out certain things as possibility for the

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01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:03,879
Speaker 1: cause of this and if they get down to commodio

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01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:07,040
Speaker 1: cortis well, then so be it. But certainly way too

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01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:11,439
Speaker 1: premature to make a call on that right now. It

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01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:16,000
Speaker 1: was confirmed that he only had on field resuscitation once

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01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:24,400
Speaker 1: and from there there was CPR and defibrillation. One time

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01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:27,360
Speaker 1: he initially had a pulse and then lost it, the

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01:12:27,439 --> 01:12:30,559
Speaker 1: doctor said, and that's when the immediate bystander CPR began,

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01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:35,559
Speaker 1: and it was textbook procedure for the arrhythmia that he had.

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01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:39,439
Speaker 1: So that's kind of where the doctors left it. The

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01:12:39,479 --> 01:12:41,680
Speaker 1: only other thing I don't think I mentioned that with

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01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:45,200
Speaker 1: respect to his neurologic function, based on his initial questions

1247
01:12:45,200 --> 01:12:47,839
Speaker 1: and things that he was asking writing pen to paper,

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01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:51,400
Speaker 1: the doctor said, it gives us confidence that the lights

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01:12:51,479 --> 01:12:55,120
Speaker 1: just aren't on, but all the cylinders are firing. Those

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01:12:55,160 --> 01:12:59,519
Speaker 1: were his words. So it really, it really really sounds

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01:12:59,560 --> 01:13:03,920
Speaker 1: positive and encouraging, and it's it's it's really great to hear. Um.

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01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:08,800
Speaker 1: You know, continuing his football career would be great, but

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01:13:08,840 --> 01:13:11,479
Speaker 1: a real victory is walking out of that hospital under

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01:13:11,479 --> 01:13:15,720
Speaker 1: his own power. That that's the victory. Oh yeah, absolutely,

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01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:19,360
Speaker 1: getting him back inside the building and back to his

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01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:21,479
Speaker 1: family and friends, up on his own two feet and

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01:13:21,560 --> 01:13:25,679
Speaker 1: walking around talking and back to normal and um, after

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01:13:25,800 --> 01:13:31,640
Speaker 1: listening to the doctors today, UM, and their sense and

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01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:34,320
Speaker 1: the odds of him being a such a young guy

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01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:38,320
Speaker 1: and in such great shape and with the quality and

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01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:42,679
Speaker 1: urgency of the care that he got right away, now

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01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:44,559
Speaker 1: we can all kind of sit back and think, you know,

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01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:46,559
Speaker 1: it's only a matter of time before all that happens.

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01:13:46,680 --> 01:13:50,240
Speaker 1: So that's kind of where I'm sitting today, UM, from

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01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:53,240
Speaker 1: where from my perch on the on the on the

1266
01:13:53,240 --> 01:13:57,760
Speaker 1: fence of watching all this. UM. But that's UM. But

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01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:00,000
Speaker 1: I was, you know, I was there. I was putting myself.

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01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:04,360
Speaker 1: They're kind of even yesterday was saying, I've just told myself,

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01:14:04,439 --> 01:14:07,280
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna believe he's gonna be okay, and you know,

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Speaker 1: so far, so good. The doctors did say that his

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01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:16,880
Speaker 1: age of twenty four and his top notch physical fitness

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01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:22,799
Speaker 1: did help in this recovery. We heard ESPN's Diana Rassini

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01:14:22,840 --> 01:14:26,559
Speaker 1: on a tweet report earlier today that she heard through

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01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:30,600
Speaker 1: sources that he's considered ahead of schedule in his recovery,

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01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:35,000
Speaker 1: and factors in that equation are the fact that he's

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Speaker 1: twenty four years old, top top of the food chain

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Speaker 1: in terms of physical fitness. Those things help you recover faster. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We Mike Garofolo, a friend of the show, and you

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Speaker 1: know somebody we follow who's in the sports media, he

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01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:52,360
Speaker 1: said this about He says it was an informative and

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01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:57,120
Speaker 1: uplifting press conference from uc Hell. He's right. It really

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01:14:57,160 --> 01:15:01,120
Speaker 1: made everybody regarding this, the Damara the situation, really made

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Speaker 1: him feel a lot better. They were positive, they were informative,

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01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:08,920
Speaker 1: and they made us feel really good about the steps

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Speaker 1: that have already been taken in their promptness and the

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01:15:11,400 --> 01:15:14,640
Speaker 1: quick response, and the guys with the Bills and the

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01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:20,000
Speaker 1: Bengals on the field were on it. They couldn't have

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01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:22,600
Speaker 1: been more complimentary of the people who were critical and

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01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:24,200
Speaker 1: the whole thing and that's the guys who are right

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01:15:24,240 --> 01:15:26,840
Speaker 1: there right when it happened, and so we all feel

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01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:30,640
Speaker 1: really lucky that those guys were in place and that

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01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:34,920
Speaker 1: they're really good at what they do. Yeah, so we

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01:15:34,960 --> 01:15:38,400
Speaker 1: will take a break here because we do have some

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01:15:38,439 --> 01:15:41,040
Speaker 1: breaks to catch up on, but we'll have more on

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Speaker 1: tomorrow Hamlin's condition. We know that the players today were

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Speaker 1: also out on the practice field as they begin preparations

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Speaker 1: for the New England Patriots on Sunday here at Haimark

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Speaker 1: Stadium at one o'clock. We'll cover all of that and

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Speaker 1: more next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Collied

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01:15:56,400 --> 01:16:15,479
Speaker 1: to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. And

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Speaker 1: Steve noticed something, and we already had mentioned earlier this week,

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01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:28,960
Speaker 1: the first class act that the city of Cincinnati has

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01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:34,120
Speaker 1: been Ironically there, I believe they're called the Queen City

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01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:36,679
Speaker 1: of Ohio as well, just like we're the queen city

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01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:41,080
Speaker 1: here in New York State. Just first class all the

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01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:45,360
Speaker 1: way from Bengals fans doing candlelight vigils outside the church

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01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 1: where Hamlin's being cared for, to the Cincinnati Reds lightening

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01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:53,280
Speaker 1: up their stadium and blue and red to pay Core Stadium,

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01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:55,040
Speaker 1: and the Bengals doing the same thing with blue lights

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01:16:55,040 --> 01:17:00,559
Speaker 1: at night, kind of as a homage to pray for Damar.

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01:17:01,640 --> 01:17:06,960
Speaker 1: Now there's this, there's a fundraising effort through the selling

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01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:10,240
Speaker 1: of T shirts. We know that you know, Western New

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01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,840
Speaker 1: York is the seven one six. Well in Cincinnati, their

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01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:16,719
Speaker 1: area code is five one three, and they're selling these

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01:17:16,720 --> 01:17:19,960
Speaker 1: five one three T shirts that they're printing up. And

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01:17:20,120 --> 01:17:21,880
Speaker 1: Steve spotted this. It's kind of cool the way they

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01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:24,799
Speaker 1: design that. Steve. Yeah, it's five one in big across

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01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:27,400
Speaker 1: the chest, the five and the one are in the

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01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:32,559
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals tiger stripes black with tiger stripes ringed in white.

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01:17:32,920 --> 01:17:35,400
Speaker 1: And then but the three of the five one three

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01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:38,360
Speaker 1: is Damar's number, the big three, and then below that

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01:17:38,400 --> 01:17:41,880
Speaker 1: it says stands with Buffalo. The five one three stands

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01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:45,000
Speaker 1: with Buffalo. Great T shirt. The proceeds of which we've

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01:17:45,040 --> 01:17:49,439
Speaker 1: been told are going to Damars Foundation Foundation. That the

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01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:54,840
Speaker 1: one we've that everybody has been donating to. The anecdote

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01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:58,320
Speaker 1: that was that I read on social said they went there.

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01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:00,599
Speaker 1: They sold thirty four hundred of these dark things in

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01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:03,400
Speaker 1: the last day or two, and when the guy went

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01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:06,600
Speaker 1: to the store it was packed. He couldn't get near it. Yeah,

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01:18:06,600 --> 01:18:11,360
Speaker 1: so those shirts are flying off the shelves, all in

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01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:15,719
Speaker 1: response to Damar Hamlin, and now perhaps with his recovery

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01:18:15,880 --> 01:18:19,639
Speaker 1: so seemingly headed in such a positive direction, maybe they'll

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01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:22,840
Speaker 1: sell more of them. But the more of that stuff

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01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:26,640
Speaker 1: that goes around, the better. I mean, it's amazing that

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Speaker 1: how unifying this incident has been for so many people,

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01:18:34,479 --> 01:18:37,599
Speaker 1: obviously across silly things like fan bases and stuff, but

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01:18:37,680 --> 01:18:40,280
Speaker 1: in a world we live in, in our country that

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01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:45,000
Speaker 1: seems so divided at times, it's awesome to remember that

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01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:48,040
Speaker 1: once in a while we don't feel like that. Well,

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01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:55,680
Speaker 1: it certainly is hard warning to see that response, you know,

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01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:58,360
Speaker 1: if you don't live in one of those cities that

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01:18:58,439 --> 01:19:01,080
Speaker 1: the team visits, you know, even as a visiting Bills

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01:19:01,080 --> 01:19:03,479
Speaker 1: fan in Cincinnati, if you'd never been there before, you

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01:19:03,520 --> 01:19:05,439
Speaker 1: don't know what the response is going to be. You

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01:19:05,560 --> 01:19:08,080
Speaker 1: might have some people ornery that the game gets canceled.

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01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 1: People come out on a Monday night expecting to be

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01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:13,080
Speaker 1: entertained and this happens, and you don't know, you know,

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01:19:13,200 --> 01:19:15,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess there's always a couple of bad

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01:19:15,160 --> 01:19:19,840
Speaker 1: apples in every bunch, but on the whole, Cincinnati has

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01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:22,760
Speaker 1: just been a plus. Yeah, in the way that they

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01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:27,479
Speaker 1: have responded to this tragic event that fortunately has a

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01:19:27,479 --> 01:19:30,080
Speaker 1: happy ending, at least from what we're hearing today on

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01:19:30,160 --> 01:19:33,800
Speaker 1: tomorrow's condition. So they've been first rate all the way.

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Speaker 1: So great job by the City of Cincinnati, I'll say

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01:19:37,200 --> 01:19:39,320
Speaker 1: it again. Yeah, and not only City of Cincinnati, but

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01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:43,639
Speaker 1: also the Bengals themselves, Zach Taylor, Mike Brown. You even

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01:19:43,680 --> 01:19:46,439
Speaker 1: pointed out what Joe Burrow said today at his press conference.

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01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:49,120
Speaker 1: They asked him at Joe Burrow's press conference on paraphrasing

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01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:50,240
Speaker 1: because I don't have it in front of me, they

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01:19:50,240 --> 01:19:52,040
Speaker 1: asked him. I said, what about you know, if they

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01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:54,360
Speaker 1: they want to play this game again, or you know,

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01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:56,200
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about the outcome of this game

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01:19:56,240 --> 01:19:58,000
Speaker 1: and how they're going to handle it. And Joe said, listen,

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01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:01,479
Speaker 1: if the Bills want to play it again, we'll play it.

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01:20:01,479 --> 01:20:05,320
Speaker 1: If they don't, that will do that too. Whatever the

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01:20:05,320 --> 01:20:08,080
Speaker 1: Bills want to do, We're behind him one hundred percent. Yeah,

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01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:12,960
Speaker 1: that's from the opponent's quarterback. So Joe Burrow once again

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01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:15,640
Speaker 1: proven the quality guy he is and why they love

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01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:18,000
Speaker 1: him so much in Cincinnati, just like we love our guy.

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01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:21,920
Speaker 1: So good on Joe Burrow for just saying, listen, whatever

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01:20:21,960 --> 01:20:24,000
Speaker 1: the Bills want to do, we got him. We support

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01:20:24,080 --> 01:20:28,800
Speaker 1: him one hundred percent. Speaking of that game, the more

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01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:32,760
Speaker 1: and more reports come out that are lending credence to

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01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:36,240
Speaker 1: the fact that that game is going to be scrapped

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01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:40,080
Speaker 1: all together and will not be resumed in any way,

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01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:45,280
Speaker 1: shape or form, which then prompts the league to decide

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01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:51,959
Speaker 1: what to do with the AFC playoff seatings and ESPN's

1379
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:56,840
Speaker 1: Adam scheftered. Schefter reported that he believes the NFL will

1380
01:20:56,880 --> 01:21:00,320
Speaker 1: not look to resume that Bengals Bills game in any way,

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01:21:01,120 --> 01:21:04,920
Speaker 1: and that the league is working towards a couple of options,

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01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:12,640
Speaker 1: either a potential neutral site AFC championship game, or the

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01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:17,720
Speaker 1: one seed after this week's games choosing between getting a

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01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:22,960
Speaker 1: bye or home field advantage, and then the two seed

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01:21:23,520 --> 01:21:26,800
Speaker 1: getting whatever was not picked by the one seed. So

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01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:29,800
Speaker 1: if the one seed picks the bye, the two seed

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01:21:29,840 --> 01:21:32,880
Speaker 1: gets home field advantage. If the one seed picks home

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01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:37,519
Speaker 1: field advantage, the two seed gets the bye. So it's

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01:21:37,560 --> 01:21:41,320
Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see what the league decides,

1390
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:43,840
Speaker 1: and when they decided. You and I were trying to

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01:21:43,880 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: speculate on this a little bit, Steve, And we know

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01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:51,680
Speaker 1: that the Chiefs play on Saturday at four o'clock or

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01:21:51,720 --> 01:21:56,120
Speaker 1: four twenty five. If they win that game and the

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01:21:56,120 --> 01:21:58,439
Speaker 1: Bills Bengals game is not going to be resumed at

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01:21:58,479 --> 01:22:01,200
Speaker 1: any point in time in the future, the Bills can't

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01:22:01,200 --> 01:22:04,599
Speaker 1: catch the Chiefs in winning percentage, that's right. They'll finish

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01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:07,479
Speaker 1: behind them even if they beat the Patriots on Sunday.

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01:22:08,640 --> 01:22:12,479
Speaker 1: And I wonder if that's the domino that has to

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01:22:12,520 --> 01:22:15,960
Speaker 1: fall before the league makes an announcement as to what's

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01:22:15,960 --> 01:22:18,120
Speaker 1: going to become of the Bills Bengals game and what's

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01:22:18,160 --> 01:22:22,280
Speaker 1: going to become of the Bill of the AFC playoff seatings, Right,

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01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:24,479
Speaker 1: I wonder if that's just the domino they're waiting to fall,

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01:22:24,520 --> 01:22:29,240
Speaker 1: because if the Chiefs lose now, suddenly the opportunity exists

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01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:35,439
Speaker 1: for the seedings to fall in a way that the

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01:22:35,560 --> 01:22:38,840
Speaker 1: missing game doesn't impact the seedings, if you know what

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01:22:38,920 --> 01:22:41,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying, that it falls as the same way it

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01:22:41,080 --> 01:22:43,960
Speaker 1: would as that that the standings were right before the

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01:22:43,960 --> 01:22:48,000
Speaker 1: Bills Bengals game was, or just before the Chiefs had won.

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01:22:48,120 --> 01:22:53,120
Speaker 1: So yeah, that means that the Bills Bengals game wasn't

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01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:56,439
Speaker 1: as important as it seemed as the time, right, So

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01:22:57,520 --> 01:22:59,519
Speaker 1: I wonder if they're waiting for that or if they'll

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01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:02,960
Speaker 1: make a call even before any game is played this weekend.

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01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:08,160
Speaker 1: So it's a big and it's a weighty decision for sure,

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01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:13,719
Speaker 1: because it is going to change the dynamics of how

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01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:19,840
Speaker 1: the playoffs unfold and the games this weekend we'll have

1416
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:24,880
Speaker 1: a bearing on it, especially if the game that was

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01:23:24,920 --> 01:23:29,360
Speaker 1: suspended is scrapped entirely. We've got to take a break here, Steve,

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Speaker 1: and I back to close things up next on a

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Speaker 1: Thursday edition of One Bill's Live. Stay tuned, all right, Steve,

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Speaker 1: Before we wrap things up here on a Thursday, the

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01:23:54,920 --> 01:23:57,240
Speaker 1: one thing I wanted to bounce off you was how

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01:23:57,360 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 1: this positive and encouraging news on Tamar Hamlin's condition changes

1423
01:24:04,080 --> 01:24:08,000
Speaker 1: the dynamic for the players heading into Sunday's game. What

1424
01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:13,640
Speaker 1: was once considered a major concern and distraction for the players,

1425
01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:17,719
Speaker 1: can it now be turned into a galvanizing force to

1426
01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:20,880
Speaker 1: inspire their play on Sundays? Certainly? And I think also

1427
01:24:22,280 --> 01:24:26,280
Speaker 1: it will help them like today and tomorrow to get

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01:24:26,280 --> 01:24:28,439
Speaker 1: ready to play. They can start thinking about it and

1429
01:24:28,479 --> 01:24:31,360
Speaker 1: turn their attention to it and focus on it and

1430
01:24:31,640 --> 01:24:34,640
Speaker 1: hopefully play better than they would have had they not

1431
01:24:34,760 --> 01:24:38,200
Speaker 1: gotten such good news about DeMar So, yeah, that it does.

1432
01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:40,200
Speaker 1: It is going to make a difference. Whether it's positive

1433
01:24:40,280 --> 01:24:42,000
Speaker 1: or negative. I think remains to be seen. You could

1434
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:43,880
Speaker 1: get to this thing and once they go out there,

1435
01:24:44,240 --> 01:24:46,880
Speaker 1: now it's different for them because now right now they're

1436
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:50,000
Speaker 1: out there in pads and helmets, so they know what

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01:24:50,040 --> 01:24:52,160
Speaker 1: it is like to line up again, to start thinking

1438
01:24:52,200 --> 01:24:54,160
Speaker 1: about it again. It's not going to be the first

1439
01:24:54,160 --> 01:24:58,280
Speaker 1: time they have seen a game, and it probably and

1440
01:24:58,280 --> 01:25:00,760
Speaker 1: it won't be this that for us either, because there's

1441
01:25:00,760 --> 01:25:03,800
Speaker 1: gonna be a Thursday night game, there's gonna be Saturday

1442
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:05,599
Speaker 1: games this week. We'll have a chance to get out

1443
01:25:05,640 --> 01:25:09,280
Speaker 1: coming before we see our guys go out there again,

1444
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:12,000
Speaker 1: So we're all going to get a chance to get

1445
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:16,080
Speaker 1: ready for it. But I don't think there's any question

1446
01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:21,120
Speaker 1: it's going to affect their emotions and the fans emotions

1447
01:25:21,200 --> 01:25:25,479
Speaker 1: and the atmosphere surrounding the game. I don't want to

1448
01:25:25,479 --> 01:25:28,120
Speaker 1: go out and say there's you know, there's no way

1449
01:25:28,120 --> 01:25:29,920
Speaker 1: the Bills are gonna lose this game. Now it's I

1450
01:25:29,960 --> 01:25:33,840
Speaker 1: don't know. Um, well, we know the Pats. They're coming

1451
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:36,799
Speaker 1: in motivated. They have to win to get in the Patriots.

1452
01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:39,200
Speaker 1: Say what you want about the Patriots, they're always a

1453
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:42,120
Speaker 1: difficult team to beat. And there's a lot in this

1454
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:44,880
Speaker 1: game you'd like to think you're and I know that

1455
01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:47,479
Speaker 1: the leadership here is is second to none, and they're

1456
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:50,280
Speaker 1: gonna spin it and build it in a positive way.

1457
01:25:50,479 --> 01:25:53,280
Speaker 1: And we've been chuckling about people on social media about

1458
01:25:53,320 --> 01:25:55,120
Speaker 1: like like the Bills are no way they're gonna lose

1459
01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:58,880
Speaker 1: another you know what I mean. Now, they may be

1460
01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:03,880
Speaker 1: so relieved that is hard to dredge up aggression, you know,

1461
01:26:03,880 --> 01:26:06,280
Speaker 1: and kind of the stuff you need to play football. Well,

1462
01:26:07,760 --> 01:26:10,479
Speaker 1: but we'll see. I know that they've got good leadership

1463
01:26:10,520 --> 01:26:14,800
Speaker 1: and they're going to prepare well, and I for one,

1464
01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:18,840
Speaker 1: am excited to see him play. Yeah, I think the

1465
01:26:18,840 --> 01:26:21,920
Speaker 1: only thing that could get in the way of this

1466
01:26:22,040 --> 01:26:24,720
Speaker 1: being a galvanizing force for them to you know, kind

1467
01:26:24,760 --> 01:26:27,559
Speaker 1: of play for Damar and all of that. You know,

1468
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:30,599
Speaker 1: earlier in the week it was pray for Damar. Now

1469
01:26:30,640 --> 01:26:32,680
Speaker 1: on Sunday is at play for Damar? Do you know

1470
01:26:32,720 --> 01:26:36,280
Speaker 1: what I mean? So if that's at play and it's

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01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:40,600
Speaker 1: a it's a motivational thing, then I would say look out, Patriots.

1472
01:26:41,080 --> 01:26:43,200
Speaker 1: But I think the one thing that's going to be

1473
01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:46,240
Speaker 1: very difficult for us to measure through the rest of

1474
01:26:46,280 --> 01:26:53,800
Speaker 1: this week is how much emotional and physical energy has

1475
01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:59,599
Speaker 1: this team already expended worrying about their teammate, Because that

1476
01:26:59,600 --> 01:27:02,639
Speaker 1: that drains you. And when you have to have all

1477
01:27:02,640 --> 01:27:06,080
Speaker 1: of that physical and emotional and mental energy to play

1478
01:27:06,080 --> 01:27:08,400
Speaker 1: a football game, as you know better than anybody, Steve,

1479
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:11,200
Speaker 1: that requires a lot. I think that's going to be

1480
01:27:11,200 --> 01:27:13,559
Speaker 1: a key factor. And you hit it on the head, Bronnie,

1481
01:27:13,680 --> 01:27:18,120
Speaker 1: it's gonna be difficult to emotionally show up fresh. It's

1482
01:27:18,160 --> 01:27:20,559
Speaker 1: gonna be a big challenge. They've still got to face it.

1483
01:27:20,840 --> 01:27:23,439
Speaker 1: And while the worst seems to be behind us, soul,

1484
01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:28,439
Speaker 1: it's still hard to get ready. Thanks for listening today.

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01:27:28,479 --> 01:27:31,080
Speaker 1: We'll catch it tomorrow at one when we have NFL films.

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Speaker 1: Great Cosell join us. We'll see that