Team GB medics save Uzbekistan boxing coach's life

Two members of Team GB's aesculapian squad person helped prevention nan life of nan Uzbekistan Olympic boxing team's caput coach.

Tulkin Kilichev was celebrating a golden badge for Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov successful nan warm-up area astatine Roland Garros successful Paris connected 8 August erstwhile he went into cardiac arrest.

Team GB physiotherapist Robbie Lillis, who was successful nan arena astatine nan time, said location was "a outcry for a doctor" prompting him and workfellow Dr Harj Singh to unreserved complete to execute CPR and usage a defibrillator.

Mr Kilochev is understood to beryllium successful a unchangeable information successful hospital.

Mr Lillis said Uzbekistan's coaching squad were celebrating Dusmatov's golden badge successful nan 51kg class earlier he heard shouting coming from nan warm-up area that did not sound for illustration celebrations anymore.

"There was a outcry for a doctor, for help. Harj was nan first personification who responded and I followed pinch nan emergency trauma container that we transportation pinch us," he told nan PA news agency.

The physiotherapist said he reached Mr Kilichev "about 30 seconds aft Harj", who had already started performing CPR - an emergency lifesaving process performed erstwhile someone's bosom stops beating.

"Quite a batch of coaches were beautiful visibly distressed astir nan full situation, truthful it took america a infinitesimal to clear each of them retired of nan way," he said.

Mr Lillis said he utilized a defibrillator connected Mr Kilichev, which gives a jolt of energy to nan bosom to thief reconstruct a normal heartbeat.

"Initially he didn't travel backmost but, astir 20 to 30 seconds later, aft Harj continued doing CPR, each of a abrupt he came backmost conscious pinch us, which was great."

The venue's aesculapian squad arrived a fewer minutes later and Mr Kilichev was taken to hospital, wherever he is understood to beryllium successful a unchangeable condition.

Mr Lillis said he hopes nan Uzbekistan boxing coach makes a "full recovery".

"I'm very, very thankful that we did person each nan instrumentality connected us, and myself and Harj being location and being trained," he said.

Mr Lillis admitted he did not slumber astatine each connected Thursday nighttime pursuing nan incident.

"It was evidently a spot of a unreserved of adrenaline astatine that clip benignant of managing nan situation," he said. "I'm evidently grateful to beryllium capable to play a portion successful hopefully helping personification survive.

Mr Lillis said his mum told him "that's your Olympic moment".

"It's thing evidently I'll decidedly remember, I don't deliberation I'm going to beryllium forgetting that immoderate clip soon."

Mr Singh, who besides teaches pre infirmary emergency skills, said that nan business "puts things into perspective".

"At immoderate shape we will endeavour to spell to nan hospital," nan expert said. "If it could beryllium arranged, I deliberation that would beryllium rather affectional for some of us."

The signs personification has gone into cardiac apprehension see if they are not moving, responding to immoderate stimulation, aliases look not to beryllium breathing, according to nan NHS.

The NHS said symptoms include:

• Chest symptom - it whitethorn see a emotion of unit heaviness, tightness aliases squeezing crossed nan chest.
• Pain successful different parts of nan assemblage - which tin consciousness arsenic if it's spreading from nan thorax to arms, jaw, neck, back, and abdomen.
• feeling lightheaded aliases dizzy
• sweating
• shortness of breath
• feeling aliases being sick
• an overwhelming emotion of anxiety
• coughing aliases wheezing