Chris Handley's daughter April speaks to EMAS emergency medical advisor Julie Hill on 999 call.
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00:00 Ambulance service, is the patient breathing?
00:02 No, no he's not.
00:04 Tell me exactly what's happened.
00:06 I was in the kitchen and I've just come back in and he's gone grey.
00:11 Stopped breathing.
00:12 Right, listen carefully. Lay him flat on his back on the ground and remove anything from under his head.
00:17 Okay.
00:19 He's sitting in the chair.
00:21 Get him onto the floor my love as quickly as you can.
00:24 Okay.
00:27 Grab him by his ankles and slide him off the chair onto the floor.
00:31 Don't worry about the fall but we need to help him now.
00:34 Okay. I've got him on the floor.
00:36 Is he flat on his back with nothing under his head?
00:39 Yes.
00:40 Right, now listen carefully. I'm going to tell you how to do chest compressions.
00:43 Place the heel of your hand on the breastbone in the centre of his chest.
00:46 That's right between his nipples.
00:48 Then put your other hand on top of that hand.
00:51 I need you to pump the chest hard and fast at least twice per second and two inches deep.
00:55 Let the chest come all the way up between each pump and we're going to do this until help can take over.
01:00 So if you can count out loud so I can count with you.
01:03 Okay.
01:04 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four.
01:18 Can you count them out for me?
01:20 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Perfect.
01:26 Keep that pace going my love. We're travelling as fast as we can to you.
01:29 One, two, three, four. Is it okay to me? One, two, three, four.
01:35 It's alright darling, keep focus. We're travelling as fast as we can to you. You're doing really well.
01:41 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Let me pace you sweetheart, it saves your breath.
01:51 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Keep going sweetheart. Count them out for me again if you can.
02:00 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Have you got anybody else in the room with you?
02:10 My daughter, she's seven.
02:12 Okay. Can she put any family pets away for you if you've got any?
02:16 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. She's gurgling, she's gurgling.
02:21 That's normal sweetheart, okay. Just make sure that you harden fast, twice per second, two inches deep. Let the chest come up all the way up between each pump.
02:31 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. That's it, you're doing really well my love.
02:40 We're not too far away now, let your nose where arriving.
02:43 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Don't stop the compressions even when we walk in the room until they are ready to take over from you now, okay.
02:52 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Just keep doing these compressions sweetheart, don't give up. This is going to keep them going until the ambulance crew arrive, okay.
03:06 You're doing so well. One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Now one of our crews is just arriving, just keep going sweetheart.
03:18 One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, honestly, it's okay. It's okay, it's here.
03:29 Is the ambulance crew in the room with you?
03:32 Yes, thank you, ambulance is here.
03:36 Right, keep doing those compressions until they are ready darling, you've done really well. Take care.