BREAKING NEWS Markus Paul (S&C Coach) hospitalized from medical emergency - **Updated -- Post 202**

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Praying for Coach Paul and his family. This is terrible news; especially with the holidays upon us. Can 2020 get any worse?

And let me add that I am disgusted Sports Illustrated put out a story that he had passed. It's one thing for social media to get it wrong; but SI used to be a trusted source.
 

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I think the autonomic system - heart, breathing - is separate from the part of the brain that controls all other motor functions. Not a doctor, just going from memory ......
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I think the autonomic system - heart, breathing - is separate from the part of the brain that controls all other motor functions. Not a doctor, just going from memory ......
Im a long time ICU RN...in the state I live in “brain death”is exactly that...you’re dead...we can keep “brain death” alive with drugs and machines but clinically the only option is compassionate extubation or organ donation after cardiac death...such a terrible day for the family and our team.
 

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Praying for Coach Paul and his family. This is terrible news; especially with the holidays upon us. Can 2020 get any worse?

And let me add that I am disgusted Sports Illustrated put out a story that he had passed. It's one thing for social media to get it wrong; but SI used to be a trusted source.
SI sucks. I still get a subscription that was paid for by a friend last year around Christmas. I thumbed through the one I just received yesterday and chunked it in the trash. They are like any other media outlet with their political agenda.
 

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Former Syracuse All-American and current Dallas Cowboys strength and conditioning coach Markus Paul pronounced brain dead but is still breathing, daughter Tabitha said.

http://dailyorange.com/2020/11/cowboys-coach-former-syracuse-great-markus-paul-hospitalized/

RIP

Don't just post he's brain dead. It sounds like she's confused as to the diagnosis:

Paul is currently at a local hospital and was pronounced brain dead, but he is still breathing, Tabitha said.

“My father has not passed away yet,” his daughter said. “There is still hope that he can pull through this.”

A brain dead person cannot pull through something like this....brain death is it...gone. No pulling through. So either she has false hope, or is confused as to the diagnosis.
 

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Im a long time ICU RN...in the state I live in “brain death”is exactly that...you’re dead...we can keep “brain death” alive with drugs and machines but clinically the only option is compassionate extubation or organ donation after cardiac death...such a terrible day for the family and our team.
Maybe on an ECMO machine.
 

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Don't just post he's brain dead. It sounds like she's confused as to the diagnosis:

Paul is currently at a local hospital and was pronounced brain dead, but he is still breathing, Tabitha said.

“My father has not passed away yet,” his daughter said. “There is still hope that he can pull through this.”

A brain dead person cannot pull through something like this....brain death is it...gone. No pulling through. So either she has false hope, or is confused as to the diagnosis.

She's hanging on to her father. Expecting her to rationally diagnose the situation in the moment is a bit much, but yeah it's not good at all.
 

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ModEdit: This is a SERIOUS thread! No joke or humor posts!


Additional information will be provided at an appropriate time, team announced.

So now is the appropriate time to get people worked up over uncertainty?

What happened? When did media become "something is happening, we'll tell you more later"? Either report the news or don't.
 

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Need a miracle here, Lord. Please let this man stay here with us and fully recover.

The NFL should postpone the upcoming game given the extraordinary circumstances faced by NFL Teams under the best conditions during this pandemic. This tragic event will impact every member of the organization like it happened to a close family member. Coach Paul and his Family (team included) should be the focus now, not a game.
 

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Maybe on an ECMO machine.
Not for brain death and ECMO is not a fix it’s only a temporary assist like dialysis but for the lungs...ECMO is dependent on good cardiac function also. No doctor would place a cardiac assist device like an impella or balloon pump To aid in heart function of a pt is brain dead...I would hate to speculate but at some point this certainly had cardiac involvement.
 

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Not for brain death and ECMO is not a fix it’s only a temporary assist like dialysis but for the lungs...ECMO is dependent on good cardiac function also. No doctor would place a cardiac assist device like an impella or balloon pump To aid in heart function of a pt is brain dead...I would hate to speculate but at some point this certainly had cardiac involvement.
My mother had a fatal problem during surgery at the Mayo clinic in Phoenix while trying to repair an aortic valve replacement.
She ended up on an ECMO till I had to make the horrific choice to pull the plug.
 
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