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A routine hit that grounded Buffalo Bill’s safety Hamlin caused David Melni to worry his sons. Meluni said he had someone playing Triple-A hockey in Syracuse and he said Monday night that the football incident made him worried about his son’s safety.
“When the Dumar Hamlin incident happened, the first thing I did was run downstairs and look at his hockey bag. He did,” Meluni said.
Hamlin’s alleged episode of cordis has drawn attention to blunt trauma in other sports, including young athletes. About 15 to 25 athletes die, mostly in youth sports. Of interest is the local Little League, which is trying to secure life-saving medical equipment for next season.
Melni, a hockey father, said he focuses on the quality of his son’s protective gear.
“Don’t mess around. Check on the kids and make sure things are in order. Because you never know,” Meluni said.
However, the Syracuse Little League are considering purchasing the automated external defibrillator (AED) used by Buffalo trainers to save Hamlin’s life. Arnie Capriotti, the league’s chief of safety, said the incident demonstrated the importance of adequate equipment.
“We’ve never been through anything significant in the sense of trauma or anything like that. But again, that’s no reason to be unprepared,” Capriotti said.
Capriotti said the league provides coaches with basic first aid and CPR instruction, but no certification is required.
Sign up for Syracuse Little League is February.
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