Horrifying moment emergency services desperately try to save rugby players life on pitch after cardiac arrest
YORKSHIRE Air 999 saw a horrifying moment occur where emergency services desperately tried to save a rugby players life on the pitch, following a cardiac arrest.
It happened after a routine rugby session took a terrible turn as 48-year-old coach Lee Garside collapsed and faced the threat of a cardiac arrest.
The Air Ambulance crew rushed to save him, after his teammates called 999 from the scene in Yorkshire.
They said over the phone before the ambulance arrived: “He’s collapsed, and he’s passed out…I’m doing CPR on him right now as we’re talking.
Luckily, the air ambulance crew were able to arrive in a rapid response vehicle in just four minutes.
Updating them on the situation, Lee’s teammates said: “‘He’s been in and out of consciousness, and (his) breathing keeps stopping.”
The air ambulance crew are seen doing five shocks with the defibrillator, and spend ten minutes trying to revive Lee through CPR.
And they were successful in their mission, after swift action and a return of spontaneous circulation.
The harrowing scene is captured on the sixth episode of Yorkshire Air 999, which airs on Friday 7 February at 9pm on Really.
As they took Lee to hospital, the paramedics warned that he wasn’t “out of the woods,” adding: “He’s had a really serious event and it’s still ongoing at that point. Patients will re-arrest on you, so I’m mindful of that with Lee on this occasion.”
And just before they arrive at the hospital, Lee starts seizing, with crew believing it was down to lack of oxygen to his brain during the cardiac arrest.
Luckily for Lee, upon arrival at the hospital the crash team were waiting and he was fitted with an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator).
Just eight weeks after, Lee experienced another cardiac arrest while watching TV, and he said when speaking about it after recovering: “My heart started going to one side, and it just gave me a massive, massive kick.”
On the show, Lee gets emotional as he thanks everyone for their life-saving efforts.
He added: “Without them guys I probably wouldn’t have been here today.”