Paisley's Dad Helps with CPR on Arena Employee

By Deb Gruver, The Wichita Eagle

Doug Paisley says he was simply in the right place at the right time when he helped give CPR to a man who was having a heart attack before his son's concert Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena.

A longtime volunteer firefighter and EMT, Paisley said he noticed an arena employee on the floor in a service hallway and performed CPR before paramedics arrived. He was just about to use an automated external defibrillator - or AED - when paramedics took over.

"I had the AED open, ready to attach it," Paisley said Tuesday. "I kind of backed off and let them use theirs."

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