GAA star says sports clubs at all levels need defibrillators on site
It's after Denmark's Christian Eriksen collapsed during a Euro 2020 game yesterday
He's now stable in hospital after being given life-saving treatment on the pitch.
Denmark's captain Simon Kjaer (pron: Care) has been praised for clearing his teammate's airways and rolling him into the recovery position.
Former Tyrone footballer Conor Gormley says the scenes reminded him of his own experience and the crucial role of defibrillators:
"Just as I was coming out for the start of the second half, one of the club managers come over to me says your father's collapsed on the stand, I just made a beeline for the stand over the fence and then the defibrillator was brought over and I got the defibrillators opened and I placed the patch on and the defibrillators sure took over from there but just was last night scenes just really brought back how lucky we were to have the defibrillator there.
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