Bruce Perreault break up open his brow mere seconds into the primary problem … earlier than one contestant went flying off a rock formation and one other almost collapsed from dehydration.
The castaways on Season 44 of “Survivor” acquired off to a rocky begin throughout final evening’s huge premiere — throughout which one contestant was pulled from the sport and two others required medical consideration.
Simply seconds into the primary problem, Bruce Perreault banged his brow on a wood beam he was purported to wriggle beneath. The crash break up open his pores and skin and blood was seen pouring out of the wound, as he momentarily appeared dazed by what occurred. He initially stored soldiering on, nevertheless, and accomplished his activity — regardless of increasingly blood popping out of the lower.
Watch the accident beneath:
Host Jeff Probst stored checking in on Bruce, who mentioned he was doing advantageous … till he wasn’t. As he collapsed to the bottom, Probst known as for medical help. After getting him some oxygen, he appeared okay and even went again to his tribe’s camp. However later that night, he mentioned his head was “killing” him and he appeared a bit out of it, earlier than calling for the medical group once more. At that time, the choice was made to take away him from the sport, so he may go to the hospital for additional testing and remedy.
On the brand new “Survivor” after present podcast, Probst confirmed Perreault will probably be invited to compete on the present once more in a future season.
Bruce was solely the primary damage of the night, nevertheless, as Matthew Grinstead-Mayle suffered a reasonably scary fall whereas he, for some cause, determined to climb a tall rock formation within the water. As he went up the rocks, they began to present out beneath his ft and he went flying to the tough floor beneath. “I want a medic!” he exclaimed, earlier than popping his dislocated shoulder again in and exhibiting off his sliced up palms and ft.
He was later given a sling by medics and sat out the immunity problem.
Watch his terrifying fall beneath:
Throughout the immunity problem, Matthew’s fellow tribe member Brandon Cottom additionally sought medical consideration.
Each Matthew and Brandon exhausted themselves on Day 1 throughout a problem during which they needed to haul coconuts backwards and forwards on the seashore for 4 hours. The following day, in the course of the immunity problem, Brandon additionally needed to do loads of the heavy lifting for his tribe as they had been tasked with pulling a heavy field from the water and thru a collection of obstacles as a part of the competitors.
As Probst exclaimed, “Brandon’s on fumes … it’s a very popular day in Fiji,” Cottom fell sufferer to that warmth and overexertion. He collapsed to his ft, earlier than telling Jeff, “I do not know if I can stand up.”
With that, the problem was halted and medical got here out to present him help as nicely. They believed he was “simply very dehydrated,” which was handled with some fluids and time within the shade. He sat out the remainder of the problem … which his tribe ended up dropping.
Whereas each Matthew and Brandon wound up on the injured record, neither of them had been despatched packing by their tribe throughout tribal council, nevertheless. Brandon was in a position to save himself with an immunity idol he discovered earlier within the day, canceling out the votes towards him would have despatched him residence. His tribe-mate Maddy was eradicated as a substitute.
“Survivor” airs Wednesdays on CBS.
