Helicopter medics called after man suffers cardiac arrest in west Cumbrian park
An air ambulance was scrambled after a man suffered a cardiac arrest in a west Cumbrian park.
The man, in his 70s, was found collapsed by a passerby in Cockermouth at about 12.40pm yesterday.
He was given CPR until paramedics arrived and was airlifted to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle in a critical condition.
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