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What began as a normal morning for Clive and his wife Kelly quickly turned into a life-threatening emergency when Clive began feeling unwell at work. Assuming it was indigestion, he went to rest – but shortly after, his condition rapidly worsened.
Clive went into cardiac arrest, leaving him without a pulse and not breathing. Acting immediately, Kelly began CPR while a colleague retrieved a defibrillator, as emergency services were called to the scene.
Crews from Your Local Air Ambulance and EMAS arrived within minutes, delivering urgent advanced critical care. Their swift actions stabilised Clive so he could be taken to hospital for urgent treatment.
Clive received lifesaving heart surgery and, remarkably, was discharged just five days later.