Bracknell football pitch defibs installed after dad's collapse

Harri King's father, Doug, suffered a cardiac arrest during a football match last December

Defibrillators have been installed at two sports grounds following a campaign.

Bracknell's Ringmead and Wildridings playing fields are now home to defibrillators after a successful grant application by Bracknell Town Council.

The move comes after Doug King's life was saved after he collapsed during a match in the town on 3 December.

His son Harri launched a campaign to install the defibrillators in a bid to help save more lives.

Harri said: "It's about helping other people that use these areas, making sure they've got the same chances."

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Doug collapsed 30 minutes into the Bracknell Sunday League football match on 3 December.

Players then administered chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while a defibrillator was fetched to the scene from less than 300m (1,000ft) away.

Doug was taken to hospital in an air ambulance

Bracknell Town Council said it was "proud" to have provided the defibrillator that was "successful in keeping a father alive in such a terrible emergency".

The council added that it was also looking into a way to install a defibrillator at the Harmans Way Senior Pitch in the town.

Fewer than one in 10 people who suffer cardiac arrests outside of hospital survive, according to the British Heart Foundation.

But the NHS said immediate CPR can quadruple someone's chances, and if the person is shocked with a defibrillator within five minutes their survival rate can be as high as 70%.

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