Astroworld Staff Treated 11 People Cardiac Arrest, According To Medic Company
The CEO of ParaDocs, the medic company used by Travis Scott’s Astroworld organizers, is sharing that his staff treated 11 people with cardiac arrests following the crowd surge that killed 10 people and injured hundreds.
According to Alex Pollak, his staff of more than 70 worked as hard as they possibly could to save lives at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, earlier this month CNN reports.
"This is something I'll have nightmares about for the rest of my life," Pollak said. "The team is extremely broken up about it. Seeing so many young people getting CPR at one time, it's just something no one should have to go through. Even though we're medical professionals, we should be used it. You can't get used to something like that."
Pollak confirmed that he was also working the concert and ParaDocs staff did use radios provided by the event organizers. Pollack did share that Paradocs were unable to stop the concert but say that it should have stopped sooner but riots might have ensued in doing so.
“We were presented with an impossible situation,” said Remington Richardson, an emergency medical technician contracted by ParaDocs.
On Sunday (Nov. 14), the family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, who was put on life support after getting trampled on at the festival, confirmed that he died.
Nine other concertgoers have died from injuries sustained at Astroworld, including Jacob Jurinek, 21; John Hilgert, 14; Brianna Rodriguez, 16; Franco Patiño, 21; Axel Acosta, 21; Rudy Peña, 23; Madison Dubiski, 23; Danish Baig, 27; and Bharti Shahani, 22.
According to TMZ, Travis Scott is facing a $750 Million Astroworld lawsuit from at least 125 festival attendees.
