{"id":9819,"date":"2023-01-22T14:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T14:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=9819"},"modified":"2023-01-22T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T14:36:36","slug":"how-an-nfl-hit-could-stop-a-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=9819","title":{"rendered":"How an NFL hit could stop a heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;it\u2019s rare for an adult athlete to have their heart stopped by an impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commotio cordisis also rare in youth sports \u2014 but when it happens, the consequences are enormous. It\u2019s associated with such high death rates that chest protection is now becoming the standard across a range of youth and young adult sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nocsae.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has approved<\/a>&nbsp;chest protectors that are now mandated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/lacrosse-chest-protector-faq#:~:text=Effective%20January%201%2C%202021%2C%20the,NCAA%20men's%20and%20women's%20rules.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lacrosse goalies<\/a>&nbsp;and by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfhs.org\/articles\/high-school-baseball-rules-changes-focus-on-player-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organization that governs US high school baseball<\/a>&nbsp;for catchers. And while other sports or positions may not mandate this gear, players who are concerned can certainly use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely these items will become mandated for professional athletes because the risk of the event is so much lower than it is among youth, said Link. \u201cMandating chest protection for them doesn\u2019t make as much sense because they\u2019re just so much less susceptible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although what happened to Hamlin was shocking, Link said it\u2019s important to view the event in context. Athletes are more likely to die of a motor vehicle accident on their way to the field than they are of being struck in the chest during a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSports are great for kids and they should continue to play them \u2014 and wear their seat belts on their way to practice,\u201d he said.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2023\/1\/3\/23537280\/damar-hamlin-heart-cardiac-arrest-nfl\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2023\/1\/3\/23537280\/damar-hamlin-heart-cardiac-arrest-nfl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;it\u2019s rare for an adult athlete to have their heart stopped by an impact.<br \/>\nCommotio cordis is also rare in youth sports \u2014 but when it happens, the consequences are enormous. It\u2019s associated with such high death rates that chest protection is now becoming the standard across a range of youth and young adult sports.<\/p>\n<p>The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment has approved chest protectors that are now mandated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for lacrosse goalies and by the organization that governs US high school baseball for catchers. And while other sports or positions may not mandate this gear, players who are concerned can certainly use it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely these items will become mandated for professional athletes because the risk of the event is so much lower than it is among youth, said Link. \u201cMandating chest protection for them doesn\u2019t make as much sense because they\u2019re just so much less susceptible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Although what happened to Hamlin was shocking, Link said it\u2019s important to view the event in context. Athletes are more likely to die of a motor vehicle accident on their way to the field than they are of being struck in the chest during a game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports are great for kids and they should continue to play them \u2014 and wear their seat belts on their way to practice,\u201d he said.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1521,81,1520],"class_list":["post-9819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-football","tag-health","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9820,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819\/revisions\/9820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}