{"id":2261621,"date":"2024-06-06T17:40:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-city-chiefs-defensive-lineman-has-seizure-goes-into-cardiac-arrest-during-meeting\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:43:38","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-defensive-lineman-has-seizure-goes-into-cardiac-arrest-during-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-city-chiefs-defensive-lineman-has-seizure-goes-into-cardiac-arrest-during-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Lineman Suffers Seizure and Cardiac Arrest in Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkansas-city-chiefs-defensive-lineman-has-seizure-goes-into-cardiac-arrest-during-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2261621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary of the text is about a Kansas City Chiefs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nick-sabans-leaked-recruiting-call-goes-viral\/\" title=\"WATCH: Nick Saban\u2019s Leaked Recruiting Call Goes Viral\">defensive lineman<\/a> \u200cwho experienced a seizure and cardiac arrest during a \u200dteam meeting. Tom Pelissero, an\u2062 NFL insider, reported\u200b that all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cam-newton-released-by-patriots-rookie-qb-mac-jones-to-start\/\" title=\"Cam Newton Released By Patriots, Rookie QB Mac Jones To Start\">team activities<\/a> were canceled as the\u200b medical staff\u200c responded promptly, with the player currently in stable condition. The summary covers\u2063 the incident of a Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman who suffered a seizure and cardiac arrest \u200bduring a team\u200c meeting. NFL insider \u2063Tom Pelissero disclosed the cancellation of team\u200b activities due to the emergency, with the medical team \u200cacting swiftly to stabilize \u2063the player&#8217;s condition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A defensive lineman for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kansas-city-chiefs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> went into cardiac arrest on Thursday after suffering a seizure during a team meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive end BJ Thompson, a 25-year-old who was drafted in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stephen F. Austin State University, suffered the medical emergency during a special teams meeting.<\/p>\n<p>NFL insider Tom Pelissero posted on X: \u201cThe Chiefs canceled all team activities today after a backup defensive lineman had a seizure in a special teams meeting and went into cardiac arrest, per sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team\u2019s medical staff worked quickly, an ambulance was called and the player is currently in stable condition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chiefs<\/a> canceled all team activities today after a backup defensive lineman had a seizure in a special teams meeting and went into cardiac arrest, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s medical staff worked quickly, an ambulance was called and the player is currently in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1798745951957619056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The American Heart Association responded to the incident by posting on X: \u201cWishing @Chiefs DT BJ Thompson a full recovery following his cardiac arrest during a team meeting earlier today. We\u2019re grateful for the Chiefs\u2019 medical staff that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-bus-driver-faces-charges-leave-after-allegedly-slapping-10-year-old-girl-for-improperly-wearing-mask\/\" title=\"School Bus Driver Faces Charges Leave After Allegedly Slapping 10-Year-Old Girl For Improperly Wearing Mask\">responded quickly<\/a> before an ambulance arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The incident comes a year and a half after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-nfl-game-suspended-after-player-collapses-on-field-cpr-given\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collapsed<\/a> during a football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in January 2023 after suffering a cardiac arrest following a hit that he took. Hamlin was eventually able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/buffalo-bills-gm-gives-stunning-update-on-damar-hamlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">return<\/a> to the football field the following season after spending time in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lebron-james-son-suffers-cardiac-arrest-during-basketball-workout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James\u2019 Son Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Basketball Workout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman, BJ Thompson, 25, experienced a seizure and cardiac arrest in a team meeting. Drafted in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft from Stephen F. Austin State University, he faced the medical crisis during a special teams gathering on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2261622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/BJ-Thompson-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/BJ-Thompson-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2261622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}