Teenage hero saved "dead" Lewes cricketer (From The Argus)
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Teenage hero saved "dead" Lewes cricketer
10:00am Monday 23rd May 2011 in News By Naomi Loomes
Teenage hero saved "dead" Lewes cricketer
A teenager was ‘brought back from the dead’ after a cricket ball hit him in the chest and he stopped breathing.
Talented David Tungate, 17, was batting for his team Lewes Priory when the speeding ball struck him just below his ribs and he staggered backwards and collapsed.
Team mates watched in horror and started to cry as the batsman stopped breathing and they believed he was dead.
Heroic 18-year-old Jamie Bristow-Diamond, who was playing for opposing team Bexhill, saved his life.
Jamie, who learned first aid at university, administered CPR until the Sussex Air Ambulance arrived.
David was rushed to the William Harvey Hospital specialist cardiac unit in Ashford, Kent, where doctors found the force of the ball had triggered a heart arrhythmia which caused him to collapse.
The air ambulance landed on the pitch in Polgrove Road, in Bexhill, at 3.15pm and found the teenager breathing again, but in cardiac arrest.
Lewes Priory captain, Imran Khan, said: “The ball hit him below his ribs and he fell over. We assumed he was winded and would just get up but he didn’t.
“He was lying on his back, pale and really struggling to breathe.
“We were by his side, trying to revive him, we were crying and then he stopped breathing and we thought he was dead.
“One of the other players had first aid and was trying so hard, he wouldn’t give up and then suddenly he brought him back from the dead.
“At that point the ambulance arrived and paramedics took over.”
David was last night conscious and talking in hospital, but it is not yet known how the suspected heart arrhythmia may affect him in the future.
Comments(10)
feline1
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2:46pm Mon 23 May 11
I fear the headline rather overplays the zombie aspect of this incident, though..
Ashles
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4:51pm Mon 23 May 11
Rita Snatch
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3:18am Tue 24 May 11
Ashles wrote:How about you all get off your butts and register on a 1st aid course, independently of schools or employers, and learn how to save a life!
Totally agree with Da Prof - basic first aid course should be taught to everyone. All companies should have to send everyone on one.
AmboGuy
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9:14am Tue 24 May 11
feline1 wrote:Idiotic post from one of the usual suspects. Do you have something to say about the actual story without that huge chip on your shoulder getting in the way?
So, a university student saved this lad's life. Where are all the usual bleating hordes of Argus readers who like to label all students as feral scum who need booting out of town, eh? I fear the headline rather overplays the zombie aspect of this incident, though..
Well done to the lad who saved his life, I agree everyone should know basic CPR.
Ashles
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10:34am Tue 24 May 11
Rita Snatch wrote:Not sure where that little bit of vitriol came from.
Ashles wrote: Totally agree with Da Prof - basic first aid course should be taught to everyone. All companies should have to send everyone on one.How about you all get off your butts and register on a 1st aid course, independently of schools or employers, and learn how to save a life!
I already have taken such a course.
My point (which appeared to go slightly above your head) was to encourage people who otherwise wouldn't go on such a course to be encouraged to do so by their employers.
Clearly this was a absolutely crazy suggestion that angered you deeply for some reason.
Perhaps you should address your underlying anger issues before posting further.
Rita Snatch
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1:07am Wed 25 May 11
Ashles wrote:I see no anger!
Rita Snatch wrote:Not sure where that little bit of vitriol came from.
Ashles wrote: Totally agree with Da Prof - basic first aid course should be taught to everyone. All companies should have to send everyone on one.How about you all get off your butts and register on a 1st aid course, independently of schools or employers, and learn how to save a life!
I already have taken such a course.
My point (which appeared to go slightly above your head) was to encourage people who otherwise wouldn't go on such a course to be encouraged to do so by their employers.
Clearly this was a absolutely crazy suggestion that angered you deeply for some reason.
Perhaps you should address your underlying anger issues before posting further.
I do see some expecting a 'Nanny State' to 'encourage' however, whilst we should all be self-motivated and arrange our own 'life-skills' education.
Ashles
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3:49pm Wed 25 May 11
I hardly think it's a 'nanny state' to want to increase the number of people who have basic first-aid training. Otherwise let's just get rid of coastguards and rail level crossings and fences around power transformers and anything else designed for basic safety. Otherwise it's all just a 'nanny state'.
Rita Snatch
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4:12am Thu 26 May 11
Ashles
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12:56pm Thu 26 May 11
Da Prof says...
2:40pm Mon 23 May 11
You may never need it - I never have so far - but this was taught in school in my day (and emphasised that this was a genuine last resort following an accident)
As I said - everyone should learn this at school.