Man resuscitated at Phil Collins concert
A man was resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest at The Mission Concert.
Paramedics are praising the actions of an unidentified man who noticed the collapse of a fellow concertgoer at Wednesday’s Phil Collins Mission Concert and gave him CPR.
St John Hawke’s Bay territory manager Brendon Hutchinson said the man was one of 16 patients taken from the concert to hospital.
‘‘Thirteen of those had fractured lower limbs and all but one of them were admitted overnight to Hawke’s Bay Hospital,’’ he said.
Hutchinson said a middle-aged man suffered a cardiac arrest and was successfully resuscitated, in large part thanks to another man who saw him collapse.
‘‘That member of the public, whoever he was, did really effective CPR during the cardiac arrest,’’ he said.
‘‘It was really amazing work by that guy, to be honest, and shows the value of learning a bit of first aid. Early CPR improves outcomes and we love seeing people do it,’’ he said.
The man was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. By 1pm on yesterday he had improved to a serious but stable condition and was in the hospital’s high dependency unit.
Hutchinson had worked at 15 Mission Concerts since they began in 1993 and said this was the first cardiac arrest at the event he was aware of.
‘‘The crowd was very well behaved and the high number of fractures was due to three things; the wet weather making the bank very slippery, poor choice of footwear, and the fact there was a large crowd,’’ Hutchinson said.
‘‘Intoxication levels huge,’’ he said.
A relative of the man who suffered the cardiac arrest said he woke at 4am and wondered what was going on.
‘‘Thank god he was OK. My mum said that this happened at ‘I’m Not Dead Yet’ Phil Collins concert. He missed most of it too.’’ weren’t