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A 35-YEAR-OLD man with no underlying health conditions suffered a cardiac arrest on a short distanced bike ride. Steve Paley from Didcot, went out for a bike ride with his fiancé, Stacey Pritchard, 30, on New Year’s Eve. However, after cycling for a short distance he began to feel unwell before suddenly collapsing. The couple, who had been on a health kick for most of 2020 exercised regularly and ate healthily, and had lost an impressive four and a half stone between them. They set off on a bike ride to Blewbury and planned to see the New Year in at home. ....
He said: “I remember setting off but the next thing I remember is waking up in hospital. Ms Pritchard said: “We’d only cycled about a kilometre when Steve stopped and got off his bike and told me he wasn’t feeling well. Then it looked like he fainted, but when I couldn’t wake him up, I began to panic.” Ms Pritchard had started CPR on her fiancé then flagged down a passing car, driven by a local teacher called Sarah, who then called 999 before taking over CPR. A second driver stopped to assist who fortunately turned out to be an off-duty paramedic, Steph White, who took over CPR. ....