CPR saved me and it could save others too, says NEAS fundraiser

A cardiac arrest survivor is raising awareness of CPR after reuniting with the ambulance crews who helped save his life. Lee Stephenson suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in South Gosforth on March 20 after believing the chest pains he had been experiencing all day couldn’t possibly be a heart attack due to him being just 31-years-old. His quick-thinking fiancée, Amy Donalson, quickly dialled 999 and put the first aid skills she had learned at work into practice, desperately trying to save Lee’s ...