Bills' Damar Hamlin CPR Tour: Back to Cincinnati?
On Jan. 2, Damar Hamlin's life flashed before his and the world's eyes at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. Now, 201 days later, Hamlin is back in the city where he literally almost died, encouraging the things that saved him.
On Saturday, the Buffalo Bills safety was at the University of Cincinnati Tangeman Center to speak as a part of his Chasing M's CPR Tour. The tour helps teach the importance of CPR and AED and how to do and use the techniques that revived him after he suffered a cardiac arrest against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Hamlin thanked the University of Cincinnati trauma team for their care.
"They treated me with a care that was unmatched," he said per Cincinnati.com. "I told them they treated me like family. I didn't feel like a patient that was going through a life-or-death situation. I felt like a family member. It was all genuine love, genuine care."
Along with raising awareness, Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation is "dedicated to the development, health & safety of youth through sports, engagement activities, training & programming. Because of what happened to me, I’m working to make sure that kids across the country have the same access to life-saving care that I did if they need it," Hamlin wrote.
Cincinnati, which Hamlin referred to as his "third home," was the last of three cities in his Chasing M's CPR Tour. He also went to Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest after tackling Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Moments after he stood up from making the play, Hamlin collapsed on the turf. Buffalo’s medical staff relentlessly did CPR and used an AED before getting his heartbeat back, and he went in an ambulance to the University of Cincinnati's Level One Trauma Center.
The Bills medical staff was awarded the Pat Tillman Award for Service on July 12 at the ESPY's for their part in saving Hamlin's life.
Now, thanks largely to the care of the University of Cincinnati’s trauma team and Buffalo’s medical staff, Hamlin is fully cleared ahead of the Bills training camp, which begins on Wednesday at St. John Fisher University.
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