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Aakanksha Surve

Quick-thinking nurse saves elderly man during heart attack scare in Wicklow

A man who was believed to be having a heart attack was rescued from the Wicklow mountains after a quick-thinking nurse on a hike sprung into action.

The man, in his 60s, began to feel unwell at the Great Gully while climbing Lugnaquilla with a group on Monday afternoon.

A nurse, who was a part of the same group, assessed the man and alerted emergency services that he may have been having a heart attack.

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