KC Chiefs player goes into cardiac arrest after seizure and…

When Kansas City Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson slipped into cardiac arrest after a seizure during a special teams meeting on Thursday, kicker Harrison Butker took over.

According to Rick Burkholder, Chiefs vice president of sports medicine and performance, Butker left the meeting to notify the team’s medical personnel of Thompson’s condition, and athletic trainers and a team doctor treated him until fire department personnel arrived.

‘He loves all of us. We’re a family. This is so much deeper than just football. We root for each other — and in a moment like that, you just have to call yourself to action. Harrison did that.’

Thompson was in cardiac arrest for a minute to a minute and a half, Burkholder said, before he was transported to a local hospital. He said Thompson was sedated Thursday and through the night and was on a ventilator overnight to help with breathing.

Thompson regained consciousness Friday and was removed from the ventilator.

Burkholder stated in an update that Thompson, 25, was conscious, awake, and “coming through quite well [and] headed in the absolute right direction,” according to ESPN.

“We don’t have a diagnosis,” Burkholder told the sports network. “And in medicine, sometimes you don’t have that.”

The Chiefs conducted a team meeting before Friday’s practice to update players on Thompson’s recovery, according to ESPN, with head coach Andy Reid stating that “if it had to happen, no better place than right here where you have the support that knows what to do.”

According to Arrowhead Pride, the team met just days before Thompson’s medical issue to discuss what players and club personnel should do in such scenarios.

“The NFL mandates that we do these emergency action plans for every team in the league — home, away, and in practice facilities,” Burkholder told reporters on Friday, according to the site. “We are mandated to practice multiple times a year.”

Butker immediately rushed to the team’s training area to tell trainers Julie Frymyer and David Glover, according to Arrowhead Pride.

“Harrison is that guy,” safety Justin Reid told the media. “He loves us all. We are a family. This goes much deeper than just football. We root for each other, and in that situation, you simply have to call yourself to action. “Harrison did that.”

Butker, a Catholic, came under fire from the left last month after giving a graduation speech at Benedictine College, a small Catholic school, in which he dared to say to women, “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”.

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder in the middle of the band’s Las Vegas concert called Butker a “f***ing p***y” over the star kicker’s words. A sportswriter said a woman should replace Butker, reporters endlessly quizzed Butker’s teammates about him, and on the first day of Pride Month, singer Katy Perry actually posted an edited version of Butker’s graduation speech to make it politically correct. But amid all the furor, Butker refused to apologize.