Cerys Wilkins and Kayleigh Williams
A nurse who survived a cardiac arrest thanks to her paramedic husband’s quick-thinking intervention has inspired a community’s quest for extra defibrillators.
Cerys Wilkins (above, left), 48, collapsed without warning at her home in Pentrebach, South Wales, in October.
“I’ve been overwhelmed by the community’s support and generosity”
Cerys Wilkins
Her husband, Phil, gave chest compressions and rescue breaths to his wife of 20 years before his Welsh Ambulance Service colleagues arrived and restarted her heart with a defibrillator.
Now, after support from the local council, ambulance service, family and friends, and fundraising organised by niece Kayleigh Williams (above, right), new defibrillators will soon be available in her community.