Sean Taylor Shot in the Thigh (UPDATED 6:54 PM)

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

From JLC's recent post (cited above):

Richard Sparpstein, who has represented Sean Taylor in legal matters in the past and is a friend of the family, said moments ago that the player's life is hanging in the balance in the hospital. Sharpstein, speaking from the hospital, said Taylor is "nonresponsive and unconscious" and the doctors are "worried about a possible brain injury or death."

Sharpstein, who has been with Taylor's family at the hospital much of the day, said that there are major worries that Taylor may have lost oxygen to the brain, and that no other procedures are planned for right now. "They're waiting to see if he comes to," Sharpstein said. He was shot in the groin/thigh area near the femoral artery and lost copious amounts of blood. He was airlifted to the trauma center and endured several hours of surgery, Sharpstein said.

Taylor is in intensive care, Sharpstein said, and his girlfriend and child were not injured in the attack. Sharpstein said Taylor was sleeping when he heard a noise in the living room. The intruders were at his bedroom and Taylor reached for a machete or other form of knife he keeps nearby in case of emergency, and two shots were fired, with one striking his leg.

"Right now he's clinging to life and we're all praying he makes it," Sharpstein said.

He must have flat-lined for a pretty long time for them to be worrying about trauma to the brain. Don't you have to be out for at 10-20+ seconds for any serious brain injury? I'm a Psych/Crim major so I don't know about medical issues. Anyone with medical knowledge feel free to inform me/us.

[squrrelco3]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

He must have flat-lined for a pretty long time for them to be worrying about trauma to the brain. Don't you have to be out for at 10-20+ seconds for any serious brain injury? I'm a Psych/Crim major so I don't know about medical issues. Anyone with medical knowledge feel free to inform me/us.

3 - 5 minutes for major brain damage to set in...

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by squrrelco3

3 - 5 minutes for major brain injury to set in...

Wow. This is just.. Tragic. I am just at a loss for words. This is so much more than football now. It kills to know he had a little baby and didn't even get to spend time with her. I hope he pulls through just for her.

[Rajmahal33]

Please pull through man, forget football, please come out of this fully functioning for ur own sake!

[SteelandSkin]

Originally Posted by Rajmahal33

Please pull through man, forget football, please come out of this fully functioning for ur own sake!

Amen to that.

From the Steelers Organization Sean,

our prayers are with you.

[skinsnut]

Originally Posted by SteelandSkin

Amen to that.

From the Steelers Organization Sean,

our prayers are with you.

Thanks for the Steelers' fans support and prayer

[SteelandSkin]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

Thanks for the Steelers' fans support and prayer

No prob. I have family that have respect for the organization plus, I have friends who are Redskins fans to. So right now it's probably not a good time for them.

[NYCSkin]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

He must have flat-lined for a pretty long time for them to be worrying about trauma to the brain. Don't you have to be out for at 10-20+ seconds for any serious brain injury? I'm a Psych/Crim major so I don't know about medical issues. Anyone with medical knowledge feel free to inform me/us.

When I was medical school, one of the surgery department heads used to berate any students who were ever late. He used to say that if you're 5 mins late to a code (when a patient "flat-lines")--there's only one person you should call at that point--the pathologist for an autopsy.

Brain cells start dying under 5 minutes. The longer ST experienced cerebral hypoxia--obviously the worse his current and longterm prognosis.

[NYCSkin]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

He must have flat-lined for a pretty long time for them to be worrying about trauma to the brain. Don't you have to be out for at 10-20+ seconds for any serious brain injury? I'm a Psych/Crim major so I don't know about medical issues. Anyone with medical knowledge feel free to inform me/us.

When I was in medical school, one of the surgery department heads used to berate any students who were ever late. He used to say that if you're 5 mins late to a code (when a patient "flat-lines")--there's only one person you should call at that point--the pathologist for an autopsy.

Brain cells start dying under 5 minutes. The longer ST experienced cerebral hypoxia--obviously the worse his current and longterm prognosis.