LA Rams aide Raheem Morris ‘helps save boy, 3, from drowning in Vegas hotel pool’: First aid training after Damar Hamlin collapse
- The boy was reportedly released from hospital within 24 hours
- Morris said Hamlin’s collapse and another incident raised his consciousness
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Los Angeles Rams defense coordinator Raheem Morris helped save the life of a drowning child in a swimming pool at a Las Vegas resort over the weekend, and he credits the team’s first aid training in the wake of Buffalo Safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest at the field.
Morris and his family were at the Encore Las Vegas when a three-year-old boy began to drown, according to an Instagram post from his wife Nicole’s private account. The boy had no heartbeat when lifeguards began CPR.
As he explained to ESPN, the 46-year-old Morris rushed to see how he could help.
“I saw people calling 911, so my first question was, where’s the AED (automated external defibrillator?” Morris told ESPN’s Paolo Uggetti. “When I got back, we had a doctor on site who could start the compressions. I was able to hand the AED over to him, open it up for him, put the pads on the child, and finally he was fine.”
Nicole wrote on Instagram that the boy has been released from the hospital.
Morris helped save the life of a drowning child in a pool at a Las Vegas resort this weekend, and now credits first aid training after Damar Hamlin’s collapse
The pool at the Encore Las Vegas is pictured in 2014, when the venue hosted the Stanley Cup
“I’m just thankful I knew what to do,” Morris said. “You never know when you might need that stuff.”
Morris is one of many NFL insiders who received CPR/AED and first aid training in the aftermath of Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati. The Buffalo Bills safety’s life was saved by team medical personnel, who administered CPR and AED as an ambulance was rushed onto the field.
Hamlin not only survived, but plans to return to the NFL in 2023 after going into cardiac arrest, which has been attributed to an episode of commotio cordis, following a blow to the chest.
Arrayah was the youngest of four children Barrett has with wife Jordanna (pictured in April 2022)
Benefactors poured $10 million into online fundraising campaigns, which he donated to his charity, the Chasing M’s Foundation, which aims in part to support CPR and AED training.
The NFL has also adopted the case, with several teams conducting training sessions to get employees CPR and AED certified.
In addition to Hamlin’s cardiac arrest, Morris also told ESPN that the recent drowning death of Bucs linebacker Shaquil Barrett’s two-year-old daughter further helped boost his awareness and preparedness.
Arrayah Barrett is said to have fallen into the family pool one morning in April, causing the tragedy.