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Tick_stroke Resuscitation Council UK reveals winners of Excellence in Resuscitation Awards 2025

Resuscitation Council UK is proud to announce the winners of the second annual Excellence in Resuscitation Awards. The awards are a celebration of individuals who have gone above and beyond in their commitment to saving lives and improving outcomes for people who have suffered a cardiac arrest.

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Cardiac arrest survivor Sam Mangoro smiling to camera

Tick_stroke Case Study: Sam - "When I woke up in hospital, I was told how fortunate I was"

It should have been a normal PE lesson during a normal school day for Sam Mangoro. He was doing a basketball warm-up and remembers lining up for the next drill when he suddenly collapsed. Sam had suffered a cardiac arrest and the next thing he remembers is waking up in Southampton General Hospital.

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Nina and her husband, Jon, pictured with the ambulance and air ambulance crews who treated her.

Tick_stroke Case Study: Nina - "My first memory was someone saying I’d had a cardiac arrest"

On a Friday evening in February 2023, Nina Wallace, 63, and her husband Jon, 67, were watching Happy Valley at home in Warsash. Married for nearly 40 years, they had no idea their evening was about to take a dramatic turn.

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