A man has met the two police officers who saved his life after he suffered a cardiac arrest behind the wheel.
Colin Jackson has thanked PC Reid and Jenner after they saved his life with CPR after he took unwell while picking up his wife from work.
The healthy 64 year-old's life was turned upside down when his wife Diane noticed he wasn't speaking properly and acting strange. What she didn't know was that Colin was going into cardiac arrest.
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During a moment of sheer panic for Diane, two officers nearby were the couples literal life-savers. PCs Reid and Jenner had stopped at the local Tesco for their evening snack before they rushed to Colin's aid - pulling him out of his car and giving him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), before one ran to retrieve the supermarket's defibrillator - reports the Record.
The quick thinking from the hero officers gave Colin a shot at survival as they rushed him to the nearest hospital in their police car.
Now, a month on from the horrifying moment, tennis enthusiast Colin says that if it wasn't for their fast actions, CPR training and slice of luck being on his side, he wouldn't be here today.
He told the Paisley Daily Express: "I remember nothing at all about the incident but I had been told that the two police officers were the reason I am still here. I went to pick up my wife from work and, after speaking with her, she said that I stopped the car and had my foot jammed on the pedal.
“She did amazing to help in what was such a scary situation for her. I am lucky that there were two police officers round the corner who came rushing over and took me out the car and gave me CPR, with one of them going back to the local Tesco to get a defibrillator.
“The officer who was giving me CPR had just passed his training the week before and, despite him feeling the cracks in my ribs, he kept going and helped me come back round.
“I finally found where all the luck had been after all these years! I have never had any problems before with only a stitching when I played football 40 years ago.
"This just shows that even if you are healthy, something like this can happen to anyone. The hospital staff and the police officers did amazing work and I would like to thank them for everything.”
Colin has kept everyone up to date with his progress on Facebook as he now has an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICB) fitted into his heart which will be able to perform defibrillation should he take ill again. Nurses and doctors had scanned Colin’s heart but there was no scarring which ruled out a heart attack.
Once he felt better, Colin met with the two police officers who saved his life and described the reunion like catching up with “two mates” he hadn’t seen for a long time.
PC Jenner, who helped give CPR, said: “Being in my probation, I did not expect to deal with an incident of this magnitude so early in my service. After meeting with Colin and seeing him on the mend, it’s definitely an incident I’m proud to have even been involved in and is something I’ll reflect on for the rest of my career.”
Partner PC Reid added: “The incident confirmed how important the training we undergo yearly really is. I was delighted to meet Colin after the incident and to see him doing so well – definitely a happy ending story to tell my children in years to come.”
Sergeant Sharon Crawford, supervisor of the officers, says the police is “proud” of the actions of the two officers as she also reaffirmed the importance of CPR training. “I am extremely proud of how PCs Reid and Jenner conducted themselves as well as the rest of the team who had rushed to the scene to offer support,” they said.
“As part of basic police training, all officers are trained to carry out first aid including CPR and the use of defibrillators in order to provide immediate assistance to those in need. We all wish Mr Jackson and his family well for the future and are delighted to have helped.”
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