Quote: tad rhino "an old guy in the seat right behind me had a heart attack today after about 5 minutes of the game. we straight away told a steward we needed a paramedic. i am a first aider and sat near me was a nurse. we told the steward to call an ambulance.
she called the st johns who took 8 minutes to arrive and immediately said"why wasn't an ambulance called?".
it then took 13 minutes for the paramedics to arrive by which time the man could have been dead.
we, although we we didn't mind, sat on the steps for the whole of the first half.
surely medical facilities should be on site when so many people were there, the young lass who was a steward was clueless and nobody else, fans apart seemed interested.
the guy seemed to be ok as he left.next time he may not be as lucky'"
I sit 5 seats away from the gentleman in question and if it hadnt have been for the two ladies who sit next to him i dont know what would have happened. It was scandolous how long it took any medical staff to arrive. I honestly thought he was dead. The stewards all just stood around looking at each other and when the st johns turned up it seemed to be ages before the actual paramedics turned up. Fortunately the gentleman seemed to be coherent when they eventually got him onto a stretcher chair to get him downstairs. I have to confess it didnt look good at one point and the stewards seemed to have no idea what to do. Surely they must have to have some sort of first aid training?
