Josh's story: 'I'm lucky to be alive'
Words: ACC
Thursday 21 April 2022
WARNING: This video contains vision of sudden cardiac arrest and resuscitation.
It was 23 October 2017. He was halfway through a futsal training for Auckland Football at the Barfoot and Thompson Stadium in Kohimarama.
Suddenly, the 24-year-old collapsed on the court. His team-mates didn’t know what was happening. Josh’s heart stopped working and he was going through ventricular fibrillation.
Video courtesy of ACC via Phototek
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