CPR saves life of WA man clinically dead for eight minutes after cardiac arrest
ABCOn a warm Friday night in Dampier, a small town on WA's Pilbara coast, Wickham Wolves captain Gavin Mippy was unknowingly about to play his last game of competitive football. Within one day of her training, she — alongside several club members and volunteer St John paramedics — cut through Mr Mippy's match jersey and began to perform CPR. Coincidentally, it was Mr Mippy's second cardiac arrest, with the first one happening 11 years ago to the day. 75yo triathlete owes life to swift CPR from bystanders Photo shows Greg Messer and Nicola Wellings in the water at Hervey Bay's Torquay Beach Greg collapsed and clinically died — for more than 15 minutes — after a cardiac arrest in October 2020 following a triathlon swim. "I just think that it's really important for people within the community to learn CPR, learn first aid and learn how to use a defibrillator," she said.
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