Rescue

Pittsburgh Medic Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Bicyclist Rescue

April 30, 2020

A Pittsburgh medic was resuscitated and taken to the hospital after suffering a heart attack while rescuing a bicyclist who was critically injured after crashing into a tree and falling down a hillside.

By Jeff Himler

Source Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.

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A bicyclist was critically injured after crashing into a tree and falling down a Pittsburgh hillside, city police said.

The crash happened at about 6 p.m. in Nine Mile Run Hollow, near the 1200 block of Commercial Street.

Park rangers, firefighters and medics assisted in rescuing the male cyclist, who was lifted from the wooded area in a rescue basket. He was taken by ambulance to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in critical condition.

Police said a medic from Rescue 1 suffered cardiac arrest during the rescue, was resuscitated and was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition.

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