Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Garry Kerr had his first aid skills put to the test when out golfing with his seven-year-old son Ellis. While out on their round, they found a man collapsed and not breathing. Garry instantly gave lifesaving chest compressions for around 20 minutes while Ellis ran for help. An ambulance crew soon arrived and used a defibrillator to restart the man’s heart. Thanks to Garry’s intervention to keep oxygen flowing to the man’s brain, he made a full recovery.
Garry was so affected by the incident that he persuaded the packaging company he works for to buy a defibrillator from St John Ambulance and he completed a course in how to use it. The company also decided to make it a public access defibrillator and register it on the NHS database of defibrillators. Garry is also working with his son’s school to get a defibrillator.
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Garry Kerr had his first aid skills put to the test when out golfing with his seven-year-old son Ellis. While out on their round, they found a man collapsed and not breathing. Garry instantly gave lifesaving chest compressions for around 20 minutes while Ellis ran for help. An ambulance crew soon arrived and used a defibrillator to restart the man’s heart. Thanks to Garry’s intervention to keep oxygen flowing to the man’s brain, he made a full recovery.
Garry was so affected by the incident that he persuaded the packaging company he works for to buy a defibrillator from St John Ambulance and he completed a course in how to use it. The company also decided to make it a public access defibrillator and register it on the NHS database of defibrillators. Garry is also working with his son’s school to get a defibrillator.
For more information visit sja.org.uk
St John Ambulance on Facebook - facebook.com/sja
St John Ambulance on Twitter - twitter.com/stjohnambulance
Subscribe to St John Ambulance on YouTube - youtube.com/stjohnambulance
