Paramedics called to Redhead shark tower on the spot to treat cardiac arrest

By Sam Rigney

Updated November 23 2025 - 4:05pm, first published 4:03pm

📷 Paramedics treating the man on the shark tower before the other man had a medical episode. Picture by NSW Ambulance

PARAMEDICS who had been called to the Redhead beach shark tower to check on a sleeping man on Sunday morning were on hand to provide immediate care to another man who collapsed coming out of the surf.

Police and NSW Ambulance paramedics had been called to Redhead beach about 7.10am after a man in his 20s was spotted lying on top of the large wooden structure.

Specialist operations team paramedics were able to safely reach the man, who had been sleeping and was in a stable condition.

Police said it was believed the man was intoxicated and they were able to get him down from the tower about 8.50am.

He did not need to be taken to hospital.

But as paramedics completed their assessment, a second emergency unfolded nearby.

A man, aged in his 40s, was coming out of the water when he suffered a suspected cardiac event.

Paramedics, including the intensive care paramedics who had been part of the earlier shark tower rescue, immediately responded and transported the man to John Hunter Hospital.