TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed after a hit during a football game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin was given CPR on the field before being rushed to the hospital.
Former U.S. Surgeon General and UA Professor Richard Carmona said while professional athletes are no strangers to tough physical training and contact, there could be other reasons for Hamlin's cardiac arrest.
"You can have a cardiac event from being hit in the chest," he said.
He said there's a lot of different factors that we don't know quite yet such as medical history and how he was feeling before the game.
"There's a syndrome called cammotio cordis," Carmona said. "So all of a sudden you hit the heart hard in a certain part of the electrocardiogram you can actually shut the electricity down and the heart stops."
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