On a Bank Holiday Monday in May 2023, Allan Riggs (age 71), was enjoying a morning playing Walking Football at Cambridge United Football Club (CUFC). Cambridge United Foundation, the charitable arm of the football club, had organised a Walking Football tournament for their participants at the club’s Abbey Stadium. Just ten minutes into the first game of the tournament, Allan scored, however immediately after, at 10:47am, Allan suffered a cardiac arrest in the centre of the football pitch and fell to the ground.
Simon Wall, the Foundation’s Community Engagement Manager and one of the organisers of the tournament, was watching from just a few feet away when Allan collapsed. What happened next is a good example of the ‘Chain of Survival’, which resulted in a positive outcome for Allan…
READ more: https://www.eaaa.org.uk/our-work/our-patients/a-win-for-the-chain-of-survival
Learn more about free EAAA’s CPR training programme here: https://www.eaaa.org.uk/our-work/first-aid-training/
Original source: https://x.com/CUFCFoundation/status/1749447111983194158?s=20
Author: The Walking Football
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