'I saved a life just four days after I learnt CPR'

A restaurant manager who performed CPR, days after she completed her first aid course, has helped to save a man's life.

Ella McCauley, 21, who works in Rugby, had recently been promoted, with her boss asking her to complete the course before she started her new role.

Four days later, Ms McCauley was called on while at work to help a man called David who had experienced a cardiac arrest.

Ms McCauley said performing CPR in a real life emergency was "like something out of film".

"A lady from a nearby hairdressers came in and said 'Is anyone here first aid trained?' and I was like 'Oh yeah, what a coincidence, me'".

She said David was unresponsive when she entered the shop, so she put him in the recovery position and checked his breathing.

"He was quite a tall guy, so it was quite difficult. There were a few people so we managed to get him on the floor, but by this point he was blue and it was really really terrifying," Ms McCauley added.

An ambulance was already on its way and the call handler asked Ms McCauley if she could do CPR.

"It felt like a an out-of-body experience, I couldn't tell you how long it was for," she said.