Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on the field during a 2023
NFL game. Immediate CPR and advanced care helped save his life, and he has since become
a national advocate for CPR/AED awareness
Collapsed during a July 2023 practice; team staff and emergency responders administered CPR
and used an AED, and he survived hospitalization and recovery (family publicly thanked
responders)
Ryan Reynolds has publicly shared that he used CPR training in real life when a family
emergency required it—emphasizing the importance of CPR education
