Ironically it sounds like having a heart attack in our ground would be one of the best places to have one, survival wise.I used to do first aid with St Andrews at Ibrox and currently work as a Paramedic. There are usually 2 first aiders in the Govan, Broomloan, Copland, Club Deck and 2 at each end of the enclosure that cover the enclosure/main stand and help with the field squad. Each team carry a first aid kit and defibrillator. Currently Scottish Ambulance Service also provides around 4 Ambulance crews, 1 for the field squad and 3 for the crowd and they all have defibrillators and are located at different parts of the ground. There's also a doctor in the Main first aid room at the west enclosure, typically an A&E consultant.
Was just looking online to see what I could learn about the event yesterday and found the following on sky sports. I think everyone should watch the videos even if they don't read the article:
Newcastle vs Tottenham game halted due to medical emergency in St James' Park crowd
Tottenham pair Sergio Reguilon and Eric Dier named joint men of the match for their part in alerting referee Andre Marriner and medical staff to the severity of the incident; Dr Tom Prichard helped save the Newcastle fan in cardiac arrest and talked through the ordeal with Sky Sports Newswww.skysports.comWhat is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how did it save Christian Eriksen's life?
The Danish midfielder was given CPR on the pitch during Denmarks Euro 2020 match against Finland but what is it, how did it save his life and how should you behave if you find yourself in an emergency?www.skysports.com
Absolutely, if I wasn't to have one at work I'd want to have it at Ibrox. I also agree that there should be wall mounted defibrillators in every concourse for fans to access. It could be several minutes by the time someone gets a stewards attention, for them to radio for a first aid/ambulance crew and for the crew to make their way to the location of the cardiac arrest. Whereas as somebody could run and grab a defibrillator within seconds, even the steward could run and grab it. I bet there's hundreds people in every stand trained in BLS.Ironically it sounds like having a heart attack in our ground would be one of the best places to have one, survival wise.
Agree the machine is completely numpty proof and is step by step, also built in failsafe where you can’t shock anyone with heartbeat. Security personnel however require a greater level of training out-with that FAAW gives, I’d expect some to be trained to FPOS or FRAC 3 as a minimumit literally takes 5 minutes to learn how to use them, the machine talks you through its use.
Stewards should be trained to use them, its quick and easy.