Cardiac arrest at Rock im Park: Saving almost prevent tragedy!

Cardiac arrest at Rock im Park: Saving almost prevent tragedy!

Nürnberg, Deutschland - Rock im Park 2025 is officially finished and goes to the annals of the festival as an intensive experience. The highlight was an unfortunate incident that occurred on Friday evening, June 6, 2025, during the appearance of Slipknot, as a person at the Utopia stage suffered a cardiovascular arrest. Thanks to the rapid reaction of the audience, who began immediately with the lay resuscitation, as well as a rapidly arriving medical team of the Johanniter, the person was successfully reanimated and taken to the hospital. The fast and effective rescue chain was praised by BRK spokesman Sohrab Taheri-Sohi and referred to as "as from the picture book". Due to the immediate help, it is expected that the patient does not carry out any permanent damage.

A bang for the festival goers was the quick intervention of the aid organizations. However, it was noted that the incident was not directly related to festival conditions, which made the situation both depressing and relieving. This is referred to as "luck in misfortune" because similar incidents at festivals are not unusual. The past few years have shown that emergencies can occur in large crowds, triggered by high temperatures, dehydrated festival visitors or stress by crowds.

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for Rock im Park 2026, which will take place from June 5th to 7th, the headliners are already set, so that the anticipation for the next edition of the festival is great. The organizers emphasize that despite the tragic incident, the general mood and the weather at the festival were positive, and hope for an equally successful course of the upcoming event.