The recent experiences of Bronny James and Damar Hamlin are bringing attention to the heightened risk of cardiac arrest Black men face when playing sports.
July 26, 2023, 10:10 PM UTCWhen Bronny James, the 18-year-old son of LeBron James, collapsed Monday from cardiac arrest while working out at the University of Southern California, the incident was reminiscent of a similarly shocking collapse by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of sport-related deaths among competitive athletes in the U.S. A 2020 studyfound that Black male NCAA Division I basketball players had the highest incidence rate of sudden cardiac arrest and death among athletes 11 to 29 years old. The study results also showed that the Black male college basketball players had an incidence rate of cardiac arrest and death 21 times higher than the average among high school male athletes of all races.
Buffalo Bills' Siran Neal and Nyheim Hines comfort each other after teammate Damar Hamlin was injured on Jan. 2.Warning signs of cardiac arrest include shortness of breath, chest pain and dizziness, which Kovacs said are feelings athletes commonly experience. Identifying whether the warning signs are unusual in an individual athlete is difficult, he said, because “sometimes there are warning signs, but most times there are not.
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