A Tragic Tale Of What Was And What Might Have Been.

The scenario in this post is based on a real tragedy. In a busy Tesco store a customer suffered seizures, then a cardiac arrest. People gathered. Staff called 999. Unfortunately, the first minute was empty.

No one, management, staff, or other customers was able to perform a proper danger, response, airway, breathing circulation (DRABC). Even had they revived at that point, those trying to help didn’t know how to put them in the recovery position! No cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed. No automated external defibrillator (AED) was brought to revive them. They subsequently died.