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Christian Eriksen feels ‘100 per cent secure’ ahead of return to action

Christian Eriksen says he has no anxiety about playing his first match since a cardiac arrest and believes a return to England was perfect after the incident last summer. The Denmark international has not played a competitive match since June 12, ...

11 Feb 2022 at 17:55

Advanced CPR ‘could see more heart patients saved’

More heart patients could be saved thanks to a new type of “advanced” CPR which involves hooking up patients to an artificial lung machine. People who suffer cardiac arrest – when the heart stops pumping blood around the body – could be offered ...

21 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Derry News

22 year old from Derry "lucky to be alive" after heart restarted seven times

22-year-old Derry woman Aoife Boyle was having lunch with friends last month in Derry when she suddenly collapsed. Her friend, who is a nurse, put Aoife in the recovery position and performed CPR until help arrived after she went into cardiac ...

21 Feb 2023 at 16:33

Health & Wellbeing

Would you know how to perform life-saving CPR? Charity says more than 4 in 10 don’t have this vital skill

More than four in 10 UK adults do not know how to perform CPR, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has said. CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation – can help save somebody’s life in a medical emergency. However, 43% of people have never learned ...

01 Feb 2024 at 11:41

Health

Teenager who felt ‘helpless’ overhearing family’s cries as grandmother suffered cardiac arrest determined to save lives

A teenager who felt “helpless” as she overheard her family’s frantic cries on the phone as her grandmother suffered a cardiac arrest says she is now determined to help save lives as a volunteer with St John Ambulance. While studying for her ...

11 Oct 2022 at 08:00

Health & Wellbeing

Former Olympic gymnast Ellie Downie: I don’t think losing my brother will ever really make sense

Nothing can undo the pain of losing a loved one. But former Team GB gymnast Ellie Downie says becoming a British Heart Foundation ambassador has been helping her cope with the loss of her brother Josh, 24. “We really don’t want anything ...

26 Apr 2023 at 10:00

Scotland

Siblings earn recognition from ambulance service for saving mother’s life

A brother and sister have been formally recognised by emergency workers for their quick-thinking which saved their mother’s life. Oliver and Arianna Liddle were shocked to find their mum, Donna, lying unresponsive on the floor of their ...

23 Sept 2024 at 11:45

Football

Gary Sweet salutes ‘heroes’ who saved Tom Lockyer’s life after cardiac arrest

Luton chief executive Gary Sweet lauded the “heroic” medical staff who saved Tom Lockyer’s life following his cardiac arrest. Lockyer’s heart stopped during Luton’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium last ...

22 Dec 2023 at 22:30

Rugby player dies following cardiac arrest during match in Cambridgeshire

A rugby player has died after suffering from cardiac arrest at a match in Cambridgeshire. Emergency services responded to calls that Arturas Rudys, 27, had collapsed during a match at Wisbech Rugby Club on Chapel Road, Wisbech, on ...

15 Oct 2023 at 16:16

Women ‘less likely to receive CPR in public’

Women are less likely than men to be given CPR if they fall unconscious and their heart stops beating in a public place, according to a new study. Bystanders could be “worried about hurting or touching women” which may prevent ...

17 Sept 2023 at 23:01

County Derry Post

Belfast Marathon man who had a cardiac arrest tells his survival story thanks to lifesaving defibrillator

A man from Eglinton who miraculously survived a cardiac arrest at this year’s Belfast Marathon is backing a new British Heart Foundation campaign to dramatically increase the number of life-saving defibrillator registrations ...

12 Nov 2024 at 15:33

More than four in 10 people do not know CPR, heart charity estimates

More than four in 10 adults in the UK do not know how to perform the emergency procedure cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF). A poll conducted on behalf of the charity also ...

01 Feb 2024 at 00:01

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