Hero Henry, 12, saves his dad’s life using CPR
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy from Hipperholme has been hailed as a hero after saving his dad’s life
Henry Collett and his dad Jules were out running on when Jules collapsed due to a cardiac arrest, but quick-thinking Henry performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on his dad and called an ambulance.
“Henry and I normally go for a run three times a week in the evenings,” said Jules, 56.
“We got the top of the hill round the back of Old Brodleians, I turned to Henry and said ‘I don’t feel very well’ and at that point I just collapsed. Henry checked my vitals, then administered CPR. I always have a phone in an arm pouch to listen to music as we go, so he took that out and flagged somebody down.”
Henry, who attends Hipperholme Grammar School, said: “I called an ambulance, told them where I was, and once I did that I started to do CPR. Then a jogger appeared who saw my dad and came over, and I then went to go and get a defibrillator.
“When I came to the clubhouse I saw an ambulance on the dirt track, so I flagged them down, told them dad needed a defibrillator and then they took care of him and I rang my mum.”
Henry was taught CPR at Hipperholme Grammar School and by the Sea Cadets.
“I tried to keep a clear head by thinking ‘what I do now might save his life’,” Henry said. “I pretty much know what to do, so I could do chest compressions. If I hadn’t done CPR when I did he might have had brain damage.”
“I wouldn’t have survived, put it that way, because my heart stopped,” said Jules.
Proud mum Jackie Collett said: “They put Jules into an induced coma, sent him for scans, and he was admitted to the intensive care unit, where he was in an induced coma for six or seven days. They managed to wake him on the Friday. Then he went into CCU (coronary care unit) on the Sunday evening and was home on the Friday night. There is a less than 10 per cent chance of surviving, to get to hospital never mind anything else, and if it hadn’t been for Henry’s quick-thinking, calm actions, he wouldn’t be here. The fact he knew what to do and how to prioritise it, he’s just the hero I need the world to know about because he’s my son and without him, I wouldn’t have a husband.”
The fact he knew what to do and how to prioritise it, he’s theheroIneedthe world to know about
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