BRUMFIELD INJURES HIS SPINE, WHEATLEY SUFFERS CONCUSSION.Byline: Daily News Wire Services The high-impact collisions of the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga may draw oohs and ahs from spectators - and from those compiling highlight videos - but the mayhem can take a chilling human toll, as was evident again Sunday. Cincinnati guard Scott Brumfield was hospitalized in serious but stable condition with a spinal injury after crashing into a teammate and did not have full movement of his legs, according to a Bengals spokesman, while New York Giants
Brumfield's injury occurred when he collided with teammate Tony McGee in the third quarter of the Bengals' win at Baltimore. He was taken from the field on a stretcher with what doctors later diagnosed as a cervical spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. concussion injury. Dr. Andy Pollak, one of the Ravens' team physicians attending Brumfield at the Shock Trauma Center trauma center n. A medical facility that is designated to treat severe physical trauma as a result of the specialized training of its staff and the availability of appropriate diagnostic and treatment tools. at the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
Bengals public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director Jack Brennan said Brumfield, a fourth-year pro out of Brigham Young, had full movement of his arms and some movement in his legs. The Giants' Wheatley was knocked unconscious on a running play late in the Giants' victory over visiting Arizona. After lying on the ground for about five minutes, he was taken off the field on a stretcher. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Giants running back Tyrone Wheatley is taken off the field by medical personnel after being knocked unconscious. Associated Press |
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