First person saved as new cardiac trial gets underway

The first patient to be saved by a fire and rescue crew, as part of an emergency medical responder pilot with North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), has been reunited with those who came to her aid. Sixty-eight year old Linda Broxson of Seaham had just been dropped off at Deneside working men’s club for her weekly bingo night by partner John, when she collapsed unconscious and went into cardiac arrest. Mother of two with a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren, Linda hadn’t felt particularly ...