By Eric King-
Thousands have signed up for CPR at a children’s play centre, after a manager heroicly performed CPR on an unconscious two-year-old girl who fell unconscious after hitting her head.
Lisa Anderson performed a skilled CPR on a 2 year old girl who hit her head on a football pitch at the Stay and Play Indoor Soft Play Centre, in Durham Road, Laindon.
The young 2 year old girl tumbled backwards and hit her head when she was kicking a ball. She fell unconscious fell after running to her mother in tears, but was rescued by Lisa Anderson’s professional CPR intervention. The young child was eventually driven to Basildon hospital for further care, but news of the brilliant touch of expertise by Ms Anderson has spread online and on social media, rasisng he rprofile higher than it originally was.
Now, touched and impressed parents have signed up to the centre for CPR training after learning of the heroic incident which could have turned fatal.The many sign ups have been done in conjucnction with the British Heaert Foundation(link to this would be good)
Touched by the overwhelming response and appreciation of her CPR intervention, Anderson told reporters at The Echo: “The mother ran over to me and told me what happened. I went over to the football pitch, and everyone was screaming. The girl was not breathing.
“Everyone was saying how calm I was, but in fact I was actually shaking.
“She went blue and I performed CPR on her, and her colour came back. She coughed and started to breathe.
“I want to commend two of my other staff members who acted very quickly during the situation. They assured parents and assisted the ambulance when they arrived.
“When it was all over, I cried because there was a lot of pressure. Even though I have the training but you don’t think it’ll ever happen to you. It was such a relief to make a difference.”
She said: “Years ago my daughter fell unconscious at a shopping centre. There was no staff member there who knew how to do CPR. We were told to put her in the car and get to the hospital. I was very shocked that no one knew how to do it.”
The girl’s mum, Rebecca Pinsent, posted on Facebook: “I wanted to thank everyone who works at Stay and Play for their quick-thinking and calm actions. Lisa was excellent and was able to administer first aid and get my girl breathing. Lisa didn’t hesitate and was able to focus in the most awful situation. I was incredibly upset and all of the staff were very comforting, and once my daughter was breathing and under the care of the paramedic, they could not do enough to support us.”