Nancy: a man dies after a heart attack in Place Stanislas

As he crossed the Stanislas Square in Nancy, on Monday August 1 shortly before 7 a.m., a 49-year-old man in a wheelchair made a heart disease.

He died on the spot, despite the intervention of witnesses and emergency services.

Witnesses try to resuscitate him

Witness to the scene, a town hall employee came out to help the victim, who had fall from his chair and was lying on the ground. Quickly joined by witnesses who immediately contacted the emergency services, he began cardiac massage.

Despite the resuscitation attempt, which the firefighters took over on their arrival, the forty-year-old was declared dead by the SAMU doctor at 7:18 a.m., according to a police source.

Actions that save

According to Civil securitycardiac arrests cause more than 130 deaths per day.

This emergency occurs 7 times out of 10 in front of one or more witnesses. However, less than 40% of them actually know and practice first aid.

Yet 4 out of 5 people who survive to a heart attack, have benefited from these gestures…

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