Wake County paramedics Greg Rodevick and Rich Eldridge ran across the PNC Arena court last Saturday, heading toward N.C. State guard Markell Johnson and his apparent knee injury.
With a glance to his left, Rodevick saw S.C. State athletic trainer Tyler Long administering chest compressions to Bulldogs starting point guard Ty Solomon, who had collapsed in the team’s bench area.
“Our initial impression, we thought we were responding to knee injury,” Rodevick said. “When I panned to the left, I thought ‘This is a cardiac arrest.’ We went from knee injury to, oh boy. We have a serious situation now.