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Wales Online
Daniel Smith

Mum saves husband's life after 33-year-old suffers cardiac arrest in his sleep

A mum performed lifesaving CPR on her husband when he had a cardiac arrest in his sleep - after their son noticed he was unwell when he came into their bed. Leanne Griffiths, 33, kept her husband Sam's heart going for 15 minutes while waiting for paramedics to reach her home.

She was asleep when their youngest son Brody, eight, came and climbed into their bed. He often comes in during the early morning, and at around 5:30am Leanne woke up to him aggressively shaking her.

Brody was shouting 'what's wrong with daddy?', and when she looked over to Sam, he was pale, with his fists clenched and fitting uncontrollably. The mum-of-two used training she'd received while working as a receptionist in a medical centre to save him, and performed heroically under immense pressure.

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