Defibrillator to be taken to Brighton auctions after heart attack

One Melbourne real estate agent is taking a defibrillator to auctions after one bidder had a heart attack while attempting to buy a Brighton East unit late last year.

Attendee Tom Friedman was bidding on a Binnie St property for a friend who had been “too anxious” to do so herself, according to reports on realestate.com.au, when he  collapsed.

Dane Costello, real estate agent and a local GP performed CPR on the 65-year-old before an ambulance arrived.

They performed CPR until an ambulance came and took Mr Friedman to hospital, where he remained in an induced coma for a week.

Agency director and auctioneer, Nick Johnstone, said his staff had all had CPR training since.

“We’ve also bought a defibrillator and will be taking it to all our auctions,” he said.

“Auctions are obviously a pretty stressful time for the buyers, sellers and agents.”

"I stopped the auction when Mr Friedman went into cardiac arrest and sold the house to another party later that night."