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Doctor’s call for all to learn CPR as she saves dad’s life

By Chantal Thurlby-Alexander October 21, 2020 Updated February 4, 2022 5 min read

No Repro Fee. Colm Costigan’s life was saved by his daughter Caoimhe performing CPR on him when he had a cardiac arrest while out cycling. Today (Friday Oct 16) is Irish Heart Foundation’s Restart a Heart Day - which encourages the public to learn CPR and triple a person’s chances of surviving cardiac arrest. Pic. Robbie Reynolds

A young doctor has urged people to learn life-saving CPR after she saved her father’s life when he had a cardiac arrest while they were out cycling.

Caoimhe Costigan was out for a bike ride with her dad Colm, who is also a doctor, in rural Co Tipperary when she noticed he was slowing down and had dismounted. He collapsed shortly afterwards.