It started as an ordinary day at work for 51-year-old husband and father, Graeme Webb, who had no history of heart disease. As the day progressed, Graeme began experiencing a strange tingling in his mouth and made the decision to leave work. Upon arriving home, the discomfort began to worsen and he called for an ambulance. The last thing he remembers is the ambulance arriving at the Emergency Department. Arriving at Liverpool Hospital Graeme arrived in the Emergency Department of Liverpool Hospital at 2.00 p.m. and went into cardiac arrest ten minutes later. Dr. Trudi Davis immediately moved him to the resuscitation bay and commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). He was in ventricular fibrillation (VF) and defibrillation was attempted but was unsuccessful. Faced with

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