Jim Stevenson, 86, was looking forward to a drink at Largs Golf Club in North Ayrshire with his friend, Alister, when things took a turn for the worse.
A Scots pensioner who suffered a cardiac arrest after collapsing at a golf club has thanked his hero pal who saved his life.
Arriving around the same time, Alister, 73, realised his friend was not breathing and rushed to his aid alongside an off-duty nurse who was on scene at the time. He quickly administered CPR, while emergency services were called. "I was surrounded by Alister, four paramedics, two ambulances outside, and other people, all working to keep me alive."
Alister, who has been a Community First Responder since 2007, described how the 'stars aligned' after he deployed one of the public access defibs on the premises of the golf club which allowed him to kickstart Jim's heart. "We monitored the situation and the retired nurse, who was down at Jim’s hand, confirmed she could find a pulse and it was getting stronger, so we knew we were on the right road.
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