A cardiac arrest survivor has thanked the ambulance crew that helped save his life.
Ken Culley, from Windlesham in Surrey, said he remembered "being in a very dark place" and that, next thing he knew, he was in the back of an ambulance.
There Culley grabbed one of the crew's arms and said he was "going to go now" before having a cardiac arrest. His heart was restarted with one defibrillator shock, according to South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb).
"Thanks to your professionalism and expert skills, and the crash team who operated on me at Frimley [Park Hospital], I'm still here and able to say thank you," he said to the medics when they were reunited.
Culley was alone in his Godalming office on 30 July when he felt pain in his chest, according to Secamb.
"I'd had pain there before, but this felt worse," he said. "I was getting clammy and I thought I should sit down."
Gary Burchill, who worked in a neighbouring office, said it was "crazy lucky" that he had stopped by around that time and found Culley was unwell. He called an ambulance.
When Secamb workers Millie Lawlor and Sophia Whetstone arrived they determined he was having a heart attack and were helped to their vehicle with their trolley by his colleague Chris Atly.
"We get taught that sometimes people will feel the end is coming and give notice of impending doom, if you like," said paramedic Lawlor.
After being reunited with Culley three months on, ambulance associate practitioner Whetstone said: "It's beyond words, really, to bring someone back and then get the full circle moment of seeing you now, looking so much better."
Culley said: "Thank you so much for what you do, otherwise I wouldn't be here."
Staff at Frimley Park Hospital fitted him with two stents following the cardiac arrest and he was discharged 57 hours after he was first taken to the ambulance.
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