Sudden death of man, 46, in Slade Green

2:35pm Friday 1st March 2013 in News By Sam Christie

A 46-YEAR-OLD man has died after suffering a cardiac arrest in a bungalow in Slade Green.

Ambulance staff were called to Hazel Drive at shortly before 6.15pm last night (Feb 28) to reports of a man taken unwell.

On arrival the man was in cardiac arrest and extensive efforts were made by paramedics to resuscitate him.

He was taken to Darent Valley Hospital by land ambulance where he was later pronounced dead.

Police were called to the bungalow at around 8pm last night. (Feb 28) The death is not being treated as suspicious and police are not investigating.

Comments(7)

Gypo.Joe says...
5:15pm Fri 1 Mar 13

WTF has a bungalow got to do with this mans death ?

Was it bungalow Bill ?

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mouthalmighty says...
8:14pm Fri 1 Mar 13

All heart patients are supposed to be taken straight to kings college hospital. I wasn't either, but I survived. Just. Rest in peace sir.

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EDWARD.HYLAND1@NTLWORLD.COM says...
11:41pm Fri 1 Mar 13

TO ANDY COLLINS R.I.P

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voiceofthemedic says...
11:54pm Fri 1 Mar 13

mouthalmighty:
Perhaps your sentence should have started with" I thought" which would have made it a question? Clearly by making it a statement, you have shown you clearly lack the knowledge of facts on these matters! Heart patients is a very broad topic, of which many patients are taken to and treated exceptionally well in local hospitals, which it is how it should be. There are specific guidelines for specific ambulance service trusts set up with agreed hospitals for certain conditions which paramedics consider and abide by when dealing with their patients.
Unfortunately intended or not you have given readers a false impression with your statement.

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batey says...
12:08am Sat 2 Mar 13

R.I.P

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Bus Driver says...
12:52pm Sat 2 Mar 13

voiceofthemedic wrote:
mouthalmighty:
Perhaps your sentence should have started with" I thought" which would have made it a question? Clearly by making it a statement, you have shown you clearly lack the knowledge of facts on these matters! Heart patients is a very broad topic, of which many patients are taken to and treated exceptionally well in local hospitals, which it is how it should be. There are specific guidelines for specific ambulance service trusts set up with agreed hospitals for certain conditions which paramedics consider and abide by when dealing with their patients.
Unfortunately intended or not you have given readers a false impression with your statement.
The thing is mouthalmighty is correct, when my mother had (what at the time was suspected) her heart attack she had a choice of going to Kings or Farnborough....as they are the specialist heart treatment centres, we was told this is customary practice for all heart patients.

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voiceofthemedic says...
11:12pm Sat 2 Mar 13

Unfortunately you are both wrong! Kings College Hospital is a specialist hospital, where emergency ambulance cases are concerned, as any A&E they accept all emergency cases, they also have a Cath Lab (Heart Centre), Major Trauma Centre and a HASU (Stroke Unit). The Princess Royal Hospital Farnborough has an A&E Unit and a HASU but no Heart centre. any patient presenting with a chest pain should receive a 12 Lead ECG performed, paramedics who are trained to read and analyse these will look for specific changes in each case, it is then that the decision will be taken to convey the patient to the nearest Cath Lab for specialist treatment even if it means passing a nearer A&E Unit. it must be said that an ECG reading will change and it may be the case that any Heart Attack does not initially show when the paramedic reviews the ECG but may present by the time they arrive at hospital or soon after, these patients will be assessed and transferred on if that is the case. It would not be normal practice to offer a patient the choice of an A&E or a Cath Lab for a Heart Attack, it would be the Cath Lab unless you refused, if it was not a Heart Attack then you would be conveyed to the nearest A&E. I hope this clarifies the situation and I hope your Mum has recovered.

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