A 23-year-old Florida man who was attacked two days ago by an alligator outside an establishment near Fort Myers, Florida, has been listed in “fair” condition as he’s treated at Gulf Coast Medical Center following a limb amputation, Fox News Digital confirmed on Tuesday, May 23.
“We responded at about 1:40 Sunday morning to the address there behind the Banditos Bar for an animal bite,” Todd Dunn, public information officer for Charlotte County Fire and EMS, told Fox News Digital of the May 21 incident.
“Once we arrived, we started treating a male patient for an amputation of his right arm above the elbow. We put him on a helicopter and they flew him to Fort Myers.”
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Dunn said that before first responders arrived, patrons had already made a tourniquet in an effort to help save the man.
At 1:40 a.m. EST, Charlotte County Fire and EMS responded to a call of a man who had been attacked by an alligator outside a bar called Banditos (pictured here) located in Port Charlotte, Florida. (Google Maps)
“They definitely helped slow the bleeding and by applying the tourniquet, had a hand in helping save a life,” Dunn said.
Mary Briggs, a spokesperson for Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, told Fox News Digital that the patient’s status is “fair” – meaning his “vital signs are stable and within normal limits,” according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Dunn said the life-saving actions taken by ordinary citizens happened to take place amid National EMS Week, which is May 21-27, and that the “Stop The Bleed” campaign is an area of focus.
A man in Florida is now in “fair” condition as he receives treatment at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Meyers, following a limb amputation due to an alligator attack that took place outside a bar, Fox News Digital confirmed on Tuesday, May 23. The alligator (not pictured)…
