March 04, 2016
Source/SEPTA
SEPTA officials and medics respond to cardiac arrest patient at 13th Street Station on Market-Frankford line.
SEPTA officials and Philadelphia Fire Department medics rushed to respond to a patient who suffered cardiac arrest Friday afternoon on a subway at the Market-Frankford line's 13th Street Station.
SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel commended the transit police, firefighters and medics for their swift assistance in the incident.
.@PhillyFireDept medics working feverishly to save the life of a cardiac arrest patient at 13th St station. Pls direct positive thoughts.
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) March 4, 2016
Fabulous effort being expended by Transit Police, @PhillyFireDept Firefighters and Medics taking turns doing CPR.
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) March 4, 2016
Watching these first responders try to help a person who is fighting for her life is impossible to adequately explain.
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) March 4, 2016
Victim is being rushed to the hospital. I am in awe of the phenomenal first responders in our city. Good luck ma'am. pic.twitter.com/v6cdNiu6Q8
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) March 4, 2016
SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said there were no immediate updates on the condition of the patient. He added that while unfortunate incidents like this do happen on occasion, in this case SEPTA officials and medics were able to rush to the patient's assistance.
"They always give an extraordinary effort," Busch said. "We can always count on them. It's challenging to treat someone on a train, but from SEPTA's side, all of our operators are trained to deal with these situations and it was deployed successfully today."
