Wales boss Rob Web page has backed Tom Lockyer’s requires individuals to be taught CPR after his squad acquired lifesaving abilities three months earlier than their team-mate collapsed.
Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest throughout Luton’s Premier League sport at Bournemouth in December and his coronary heart stopped for 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
The 29-year-old was saved as medics rushed to carry out CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and supply early defibrillation.
Wales defender Lockyer has since supported the British Coronary heart Basis’s marketing campaign for individuals to be taught CPR abilities, in addition to increase funds for lifesaving analysis.
“The medical crew got here in and we did the category,” Web page stated of his squad endeavor a CPR and defibrillator coaching course in September that will tackle particular significance three months later.
“Tom is championing it on the minute, and rightly so.
“It simply reveals that there’s extra to life than soccer.”
Lockyer returned to the scene of his on-pitch cardiac arrest on Wednesday for Luton’s re-arranged assembly with Bournemouth.
Fundamental Life Help and AED coaching may enable you save a life in the future.
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