Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Girl Guide wife was prepared to save my life TWICE
Training from 40yrs ago kicked in
within 48 hours of going home. Paul, from Fakenham, Norfolk, added: “Everything fell at the right place at the right time. An ambulance was only a few minutes away so that helped, obviously Jill knowing CPR helped.
“The amount of people who survive after a cardiac arrest is very low.”
Jill said: “The medics told me he was lucky I was there.” Luke Chamberlain, an East Anglian Air Ambulance Critical Care Paramedic, praised Jill and said: “Good-quality CPR, delivered quickly, really does make all the difference in situations like this.”
He added: “Putting myself in Jill’s shoes, it must be terrifying enough to have to do CPR on your partner once but twice, within two weeks, is really just unimaginable. “But Paul is living proof that CPR really does save lives and Jill did an amazing job.”
To get training in CPR, contact your local ambulance service or the British Heart Foundation at bhf.org.uk.
Shake patient to see if they are conscious, shout for help if you’re alone.
Spend no more than 10secs checking for normal breathing
If the patient is not breathing normally call 999
Deliver 30 chest compressions by placing the heel of one hand in the centre of the patient’s chest. Place your other hand on top of the first, interlocking fingers and push down 5-6cm firmly and smoothly with straight arms. Compressions should be at a rate of around two per second like to the beat of the Bee Gees song ‘Stayin’ Alive’.
Give two rescue breaths after opening the patient’s airway by tilting their head back and lifting their chin. While performing breathes pinch the soft part of the person’s nose closed. The two breaths should take no longer than five seconds.
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 until an ambulance arrives.