Gym fall man revived at North Ryde

A man was revived after he collapsed and hit his head at a North Ryde gymnasium today.

Ambulance officers and an NRMA CareFlight trauma team rushed to assist the man just after 5pm.

The NRMA CareFlight helicopter landed in a park opposite the bowling club where the man was working out at a gym.

The NRMA CareFlight doctor said the 60-year-old man also suffered a cardiac arrest and, after he was revived, was taken under his care in a road ambulance to Royal North Shore Hospital where he was in a critical condition on arrival.

ENDS: For further information please call NRMA CareFlight spokesman Ian Badham on 0418 245 748.

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