Eastbourne teen helps save man having a heart attack
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Saskia Müller, of Seaside Road, was on her second shift at The Coffee Lounge within The Pier Hotel in Grand Parade when she helped the customer.
Saskia is a volunteer with St John Ambulance so her training kicked in when she saw the man struggling.
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Hide AdShe said, “A customer came in drenched in sweat and having piercing pains down his arm and back, he was having a heart attack and needed urgent medical attention.
“I explained that I was a volunteer with St John and I helped the man, and his wife watching, as much as I could.
“The man was slipping in and out of responsiveness so after making him comfortable, I rang for an ambulance again. I made sure there was plenty of space around him and I helped him as best I could.”
Saskia did CPR and successfully used a defibrillator to shock his heart back into a regular rhythm. She said she stayed with him until the emergency services arrived where he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
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Hide AdShe said, “I have been trained on how to deal with a situation like that, I think I would’ve panicked otherwise. It is the second time I have done first aid outside - it is like something switches on in your brain and it becomes second nature.