Quote: gateaux "When covering such a big crowd I would be shocked if St John didn't have a De-fib on site - but of course a heart attack doesn't always require a de-fib but one should have been available if needed.
IMO the steward should have radioed immediately for medical help and first aiders should have been on the scene within minutes (I assume they station themselves throughout the ground as well having one main base). For it to take so long for assistance to arrive something has gone wrong somewhere in the communication chain and it is essential you report your concerns the the Club (and possibly also South and West Yorks SJA too) in order to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again..'"
I'm a first aid instructor trainer amongst my many talents, so if the club want some training, they know who to call.
My incident took place in the middle of the South Stand, during a packed game. Thankfully, the incident in question wasn't a serious one, but it 'could' have been ...
The stewarding was clueless, witnessed by several other people who post on this board and who backed up my assesment of the situation.
As for bringing this to the club's attention, I did ... Both directly after the event and subsequently in writing. I even offered to give them some advise on how to make their system more robust ... I wasn't even afforded a half-decent reply by the director in question (now no longer with the club)
One of these days, the club could potentially face a serious incident with an individual. Something that could be subject to an investigation or even civil proceedings .... A lot of expensive chickens could come home to roost.