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Christian Eriksen back in Denmark squad nine months after cardiac arrest

Christian Eriksen has been named in the Denmark squad for this month’s international friendlies, nine months after suffering a cardiac arrest during Euro 2020. The 30-year-old was “gone” for five minutes after his heart stopped during Denmark’s ...

15 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Shocks

Holiday home boss and dad of five who ‘died’ for five minutes as his heart stopped after vicious house fire befriends firefighter who saved him

A holiday home boss and dad-of-five who ‘died’ for five minutes when his heart stopped beating after a terrifying house fire sent him into cardiac arrest has become friends with the firefighter who brought him back to life. Retired architect ...

25 Apr 2022 at 08:25

Football

Key questions as Christian Eriksen returns seven months on from cardiac arrest

Christian Eriksen is back in the Premier League seven months after suffering a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. Here, the PA news agency looks at how the 29-year-old Denmark midfielder has been able to rebuild and resume his career at Brentford....

31 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Football

Swift recovery left Christian Eriksen impatient for return to normal life

New Brentford signing Christian Eriksen has opened up about the strange sensation of feeling “totally normal” but knowing his life had changed forever following his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. The Denmark playmaker will turn 30 on Monday ...

12 Feb 2022 at 23:55

Football

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 ...

11 Feb 2022 at 17:55

Health

VIDEO: Devoted woman whose partner’s heart stopped beating for 10 minutes says his first words on waking from a coma were: “Will you marry me?”

A devoted woman who feared her partner was dead when his heart stopped beating for 10 minutes says it felt like “winning the lottery” when his first words after waking from a coma were: “Will you marry me?” Now happily married to banker ...

20 Jan 2022 at 08:25

Scotland

Record number of cardiac arrest sufferers receive CPR from bystanders

The proportion of cardiac arrest patients given CPR by bystanders reached record levels last year, figures show. Two thirds (66.1%) of patients received CPR from bystanders in 2021/22, the highest level recorded to date in Scotland, ...

15 Nov 2022 at 15:55

Motoring News

Car salesman reunited with customer whose life he saved

A car salesman has been reunited with a customer whose life he saved after suffering a cardiac arrest while at the dealership. John Ryder, 82, had taken his car into Holdcroft Nissan Crewe to have it serviced, but while waiting ...

16 Jun 2022 at 17:10

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 ...

26 Apr 2023 at 10:00

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 ...

17 Sept 2023 at 23:01

A&E just as effective as specialist centres for cardiac arrest – study

Ambulances should take patients whose hearts have stopped to the closest emergency department rather than to a specialist centre, a study has revealed. A randomised trial carried out in the UK found no difference in ...

27 Aug 2023 at 11:49

Campaigners call for more equal access to defibrillators

Campaigners have called for more equal access to defibrillators after research showed people in more deprived areas are further away from the life-saving equipment. The British Heart Foundation calculated the ...

28 Aug 2023 at 14:30

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