Nurse Natalie Spencer recently took her son to see the Philadelphia Eagles play. It was meant to be an exciting day of fun for the family, but the day’s excitement wasn’t on the field. It was in the stadium seats.
Einstein Medical Center’s Dr. Vincent Basile was at the game as well, with his girlfriend, when it happened.
“She kind of hits me on the shoulder and says, ‘Hey there is this guy laying down on the ground over there,’” Dr. Basile told 6abc.com.
A fan was injured, bleeding and turning blue. Already on the scene, Spencer was happy to see a doctor coming to her aid — though she was surprised by his appearance. After all, it was Mummers Day.
“The next thing you know, a guy in a pink dress is running up next to me,” Spencer told the news station.
One efficient exchange of credentials between the two professionals and a few minutes of chest compressions later, the injured man regained consciousness.
“Believe it or not, the first thing to come out of the guy’s mouth was he asked what the score of the Eagles game was,” Dr. Basile said.
Spencer later took to social media to share her thoughts on the unexpected experience.
“We may not have won, but my first Eagles game was definitely a memorable one,” Spencer posted on Twitter. “I never imagined the excitement of the day would be doing chest compressions on a fellow fan with the help of a male doctor in a pink dress and face paint (mummer’s day) who also just happened to be sitting in the same section as the man that collapsed. By the time emergency services carried the man out he was alive, sitting up and talking!”
“Not sure how to take today’s events as far as a good or bad omen for the year to come, but it sure did start out with a bang,” she continued. “We may not have been there for a win, but we were there for a reason.”
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