Father-of-two John Anderson, aged 65, collapsed shortly after beginning his round with some friends
Paramedics attend to John Anderson after he suffers a massive heart attack at Hillsborough Golf Club in Sheffield. He was airlifted to hospital by Yorkshire Air Ambulance, and his story features on the TV show Helicopter ERRetired farrier John said: “It was my first time at the club and I remember Rob saying the first hole was on a bit of a hill but after that it wasn’t too bad.
remember is waking up in hospital. But I’ve been told I was dead for over nine minutes. Without Kevin, Matt and Carl I would not be here – they literally saved my life and I can’t thank them enough for what they did that day.” John has made an excellent recovery since the incident in May last year and is back playing golf at the club, which now has a defibrillator at the clubhouse and one on the course, after his grateful son Callum launched a fundraising campaign to pay for one of the life-saving devices.suffered his heart attack on the pitch during the European Championships and I thought how terrifying it must have been for everyone around me. Thankfully, he survived as well because he received immediate CPR.
John’s near-death experience features in the latest episode of Helicopter ER, the reality TV series chronicling Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s life-saving rescue operations, which is due to air on Really this Tuesday, November 15, at 9pm. Episode 9 also features the story of a woman who had to learn to walk again after being seriously injured in a car crash, and a farmer who was crushed by one of her cows.
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