The Kansas City Chiefs concluded their third and final week of voluntary 'Organized Team Activities,' or 'OTAs,' at the team facility on Friday as the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champions continued their preparation for the upcoming campaign.

Friday's practice, which was open to members of the media, took place following a scary situation on Thursday in which second-year defensive end BJ Thompson required hospitalization.

Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs' Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance, provided an update on the situation following Friday's practice.

**'He's alert, he's awake and he's coming through quite well,'** Burkholder said.

**'He's headed in the absolute right direction.

'** Burkholder explained that Thompson experienced a seizure and briefly went into cardiac arrest during a special teams meeting on Thursday morning.

The combined efforts of the Chiefs' athletic training staff and medical team then stabilized Thompson before emergency personnel arrived on-site soon after.

**'Our players, our security staff, our coaching staff and everybody involved was phenomenal in handling the crisis,'** Burkholder said.

That group was ready to handle an event such as this due in part to the emergency action plans that exist for this exact type of scenario.

**'The NFL mandates that we do these emergency action plans.

It's every team in the league – home, away and in your practice facility,'** Burkholder said.

**'We're mandated to practice [those plans] multiple times a year.

Ironically, we practiced on Monday.

'** Thursday's football practice was cancelled due to the medical emergency, but after learning of Thompson's positive prognosis, the team returned to the field on Friday.