The Bills' medical and athletic training staff has been praised for their immediate response in administering CPR to Damar Hamlin.
“It’s certainly not an exaggeration to say that the skilled and the immediate response by all of these talented caregivers prevented a very tragic outcome at that moment,” NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said Wednesday.
A fan at Highmark Stadium holds a sign honoring Buffalo Bills assistant athletic trainer Denny Kellington. Credit: Getty “For an assistant to find himself at that position and needing to take the action that he did and step up and take charge like he did, and there were others on the field as well, is nothing short of amazing,” McDermott said.
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