Doctor helps collapsed pensioner in Bullring
A DOCTOR visiting the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham managed to save an elderly man after he collapsed following a heart attack.
The incident happened near to Pizza Hut, in the Bullring, shortly before 2.30pm yesterday.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews found a man who had collapsed.
“The man, believed to be in his 70s, had suffered a cardiac arrest and a laceration to his head. “
Before the ambulance arrived, a doctor successfully used an automated external defibrillator on the man and shocked his heart back into a rhythm.
Crews treated the man at the scene before transferring him by ambulance to City Hospital where medics were on standby awaiting his arrival.
A Bullring spokeswoman said security staff were on hand while a male doctor, who was shopping, administered first aid.
“The more quickly a patient in cardiac arrest can be defibrillated, the greater the chance of survival,” the ambulance spokeswoman added.
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