Overview

• Regan Pearson, 32, collapsed during a five-a-side match at a Northallerton leisure centre and was revived on scene by a teammate’s first-aid intervention and leisure centre staff’s CPR and defibrillation.
• Yorkshire Air Ambulance paramedics Terri-ann Lonie and Tom Chatwyn arrived in a Rapid Response Vehicle equipped with helicopter-grade lifesaving equipment to secure Pearson’s airway.
• An on-call air ambulance doctor performed a rapid sequence induction before Pearson was transported by road to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
• Hospital specialists discovered a previously undiagnosed congenital defect in Pearson’s right coronary artery and performed open-heart surgery to correct it and implant a defibrillator.
• Pearson’s recovery and the multidisciplinary emergency response were showcased in the July 11 episode of Yorkshire Air 999 to boost public support for air ambulance services.