Hull family encourages people to learn CPR after losing dad
Kev Boddy died of a cardiac arrest in 2021.
A Hull family is calling for more people to learn CPR after losing dad Kev Boddy to a cardiac arrest in 2021.
More than four in 10 UK adults do not know how to perform CPR, according to the British Heart Foundation.
When Kev went into cardiac arrest, his daughter Emily who studied nursing stepped in to give CPR, something her mum Tina Ostler had never learned to do.
Emily said: "Any situation involving CPR seems really scary but when you realise you're potentially saving a life, being scared doesn't matter.
"My last memory of my dad was giving him CPR. Despite the situation I was glad I did it and would've been so disappointed in myself if I didn't"
The family helped install a defibrillator outside the Barrowman pub in Hull last year, believing that having one nearby could have saved Kev's life.
Tina Ostler said: "I didn't have a clue how to do CPR before, I'm very very grateful Emily was there. I didn't know what to do, couldn't do anything to help, but Emily did fantastic.
"It's important everyone knows how to do CPR and use the defibrillator. Our defibrillator has been taken twice now and it's not been there a year yet."
One of Emily's younger sisters, Freya has since learned CPR, saying the experience of losing her dad made her want to help save someone's life. Freya, who has autism and ADHD, has said learning CPR has helped improve her confidence, and hopes that others can follow her example.