A 26-year-old mum who had a cardiac arrest while at a fitness class has finally met the ambulance crew who saved her life.

Molly Potter, from Polegate, was kickboxing with her husband and sister on the evening of November 19 2021, when she collapsed and went into cardiac arrest.

Her husband Colin gave her CPR at the scene before she was taken by paramedics to Eastbourne District General Hospital.

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She was in a coma for two weeks in the intensive care unit before being transferred to another hospital ward for further care.

She was discharged over a month later on Christmas Eve and was able to return home to her husband Colin and two children Albert, who was two at the time, and Jacob, who was just four months old.

During her recovery, Molly wanted to learn more about what happened on the evening of her collapse and visited South East Coast Ambulance Service’s Make Ready Centre in Polegate.

Molly and Colin met resource dispatcher Elena Rogers, newly qualified paramedic Ricky Braiden, paramedics Henry Seymour and Eleanor Reed and operational team leader Nicola Barnes.

The team of five, who all helped care for Molly on the evening of her cardiac arrest, were able to tell her about the quick decisions they made on the day to stabilise her breathing and to get her to hospital as quickly as possible.

Colin said: "Molly was discharged from hospital on Christmas Eve which meant we were able to spend Christmas together at home as a family – it was truly magical."

Molly said: "It meant so much to me to be able to meet the crew who helped save my life. I now feel like I can close this chapter of my book. I cannot thank them enough."

Elena said: "As a dispatcher, it’s rare we get to find out the result of a call and so it was amazing for me to be able to meet Molly and see her doing so well in her recovery."

Molly and her husband Colin were at a kickboxing class when she went into cardiac arrest (Image: Secamb)

Paramedic Eleanor visited Molly while she was in hospital. She said: "I frequently visited Molly in the intensive care unit to see how she was doing and so it was brilliant to be able to sit in front of her and her family to hear more about her journey to recovery.

"I’m so thankful that she is doing well."

Since the incident, Molly has joined various survivor groups and has been back to visit the intensive care unit to aid her recovery.

She ran a 10 kilometre race just nine months after being discharged to raise money for the unit.

She has also returned to work with Sussex charity You Raise Me Up, which supports bereaved families.

Since Molly's cardiac arrest, the kickboxing class has installed a community defibrillator on site.