An ASDA employee has been flooded with praise for saving a shopper's life by humming a popular 80s song for 23 minutes straight.
Gayle, who works at the Rossington store, saved shopper Nigel's life when he had a cardiac arrest and stopped breathing.
Thanks to the ASDA employee's quick thinking and CPR knowledge, she was able to keep Nigel alive by using the beat of the Beegees' song 'Staying Alive' for 23 minutes.
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In a message to shoppers, ASDA explained what had happened.
The post read: "Gayle from our Rossington store used the beat of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees to perform lifesaving CPR for 23 minutes when regular customer Nigel had a cardiac arrest and stopped breathing while out shopping with his wife Vicki.
"When Nigel collapsed by the checkouts, Gayle rushed over to help while a customer called 999.
"Fifty-four-year-old Nigel, who returned to the store to thank Gayle after being released from hospital, said: "Gayle has given me a second chance; she saved my life. There is no thank you big enough to say to her. She just jumped in and did what she had to do to save my life before the ambulance crews got there. Some people may have panicked but not Gayle. She went above and beyond. I will be eternally grateful to her."
"More than 600 of our stores have defibrillator, and Gayle used her store's one to monitor Nigel's heart.
"Gayle said: "The defibrillator kept analysing his heart rhythms and continued to tell me to keep doing CPR and then it said shock required so we stood back and then continued CPR. At this point he still wasn't breathing.
"We carried on, really determined, and then there was a lady there who was a carer who jumped in for me at the very end and did three or four compressions, and he started to take gasps for air. There was just sheer relief when he started to breathe again, and the paramedics arrived at that point."
The story has caused a social media storm, and thousands of shoppers have praised Gayle for saving Nigel's life.
Responding to the post, Chris Gill said: "Well done Gayle So many people would panic and not know what to do. So good to know how to carry out CPR and use a defibrillator. It is lifesaving, literally. So pleased Nigel has recovered."
Vera Long wrote: "Well done Gayle. More people need to know how to administer CPR, thankfully you did."
Helen Martin commended Gayle, saying: "23mins is a super human amount of time to do CPR, that’s incredible, well done."
Alexandra Samson said: "Well done More people need to learn how to do CPR and how to use a Defibrillator."
Lindsey Backstrom suggested: "Absolutely brilliant. Everyone should be taught BLS and the use of automated defibs. Well done Gayle , nothing short of heroic. Stay well Nigel , maybe join a local cardiac rehab group. I run one and they are life changers!! Good luck."
