Tony Comber, 59, was on a night jog together with his operating membership when his coronary heart stopped immediately.

His pals heard a bang as his head hit the pavement and raced over to save lots of his life.

Tony mentioned: "I was talking to someone and all of a sudden just collapsed. I hit my head on the kerb and fractured my skull. I'd had a cardiac arrest."

Engineer Tony, of Maxey, Cambridgeshire, was a eager runner and in good well being.

He even accomplished the London marathon just a few months earlier.

But he had suffered from coronary heart illness for 14 years and survived a earlier coronary heart assault.

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The downside was possible inherited - his father and grandfather each died of coronary heart assaults. Luckily, a number of medics have been among the many runners that evening in February 2022 together with a firefighter, a retired rheumatologist and an orthopaedic surgeon who was in his hospital's crash staff.

They led CPR efforts whereas three runners have been dispatched to retrieve defibrillators from a close-by school, swimming pool and recreation floor.

Tony mentioned: "They were back in three minutes and a defibrillator was applied to me. Fortunately, I came back and my heart started beating after the first shock."

He awoke three days later in hospital, the place he had a stent fitted in an artery that had develop into blocked.

Now he's again to good well being and just lately ran the Cambridge half marathon. Tony shared his harrowing story in assist of our Complete The Circuit campaign, backed by the British Heart Foundation.

The marketing campaign is asking the general public to assist get extra defibrillators registered on The Circuit, which is the UK's nationwide community used to direct 999 callers to the closest machine.

Tony, his spouse Fiona and daughters Alice, 18, and Emily 14, have all since accomplished CPR coaching.

He added: "I've enjoyed Christmases and holidays that I might not have had with my family. It's really important to get this message out there.

Lucky "Two issues saved my life that day - somebody carried out CPR immediately and that defibrillator obtained to me so rapidly.

"My wife was told there was a less than a one in 10 chance of survival. I know how lucky I am."

Resuscitation Council UK has additionally backed our marketing campaign to register extra important defibrillators.

Charity president Professor Andrew Lockey mentioned: "Early CPR and defibrillation can more than double survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

"If you've gotten issues that you do not know methods to use a defibrillator, you should not, as anybody can use one.They let you know precisely what to do."

You can check if a defibrillator is registered on The Circuit at defibfinder.uk. If not, the defibrillator's guardian can register it at The Circuit