A man who suffered a heart attack in his local farm shop has thanked hero shop workers for saving his life.
24.09.2023 - 18:30 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A dad was pulled back from the brink of death by an off-duty nurse after suddenly collapsing during a gym session.
Ste O’Grady, 41, was walking on a treadmill when he suffered a heart attack and fell to the floor.
Kayleigh Garcia, an A&E nurse, was watching her daughter swimming when the emergency started.
The 34-year-old sprang into action and administered CPR as gym workers raced to grab a defibrillator.
Ste told the Liverpool Echo: “I remember being on the treadmill and I felt a bit of dizziness, so I went to stop the machine - but I was gone before I even had the chance. The next thing I remember was waking up to Kayleigh with the defibrillator.
“It was a sudden cardiac arrest. My heart just stopped. Fortunately for me, Kayleigh was there that day.”
Dad-of-two Ste was taken to hospital where he received an ICD - a small internal device which uses electrical pulses to regulate abnormal heart rhythms, preventing future cardiac arrests.
Ste, from Widnes, Cheshire, said: “I actually drove to the gym with my brother and two sons that day. I was feeling perfectly fine that morning right up until the moment I dropped dead. As soon as I woke up, I felt perfectly fine and I have done ever since.
“I owe Kayleigh everything. She saved my life. I can’t put it in any better words than she saved my life that day, along with the team at the gym who grabbed the defibrillator.”
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A man who suffered a heart attack in his local farm shop has thanked hero shop workers for saving his life.
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