Groom suffers cardiac arrest at wedding, is resuscitated by guest

A wedding in central Israel nearly ended in tragedy this evening when the groom suffered cardiac arrest during the event, collapsing before shocked guests.

Luckily, one of those guests was a paramedic, who promptly began performing resuscitation on the 34-year-old man, as an ambulance was called to the venue in the Gezer Regional Council, east of Rehovot.

“Suddenly I saw a commotion and heard cries for help,” Ben Sinai recounts. “I saw that the groom had collapsed and gone into cardiac arrest. I immediately called for help and began resuscitation efforts with the assistance of additional medics, including the use of the event hall’s defibrillator.

“After prolonged resuscitation efforts, his heart fortunately began beating again. He was evacuated to the hospital,” he said.

The groom was rushed to Rehovot’s Kaplan Medical Center, where he is reported to be in serious but stable condition.