Tom Lockyer and the miracle of his resurrection on the pitch: I was dead for two minutes and 40 seconds

Tom Lockyer, the Luton City participant who suffered a cardiac arrest throughout his aspect’s Premier League match towards Bournemouth, returned to the Vitality Stadium the place the miracle of his resurrection occurred.

The Welsh footballer was reunited with the medical workers who introduced him again to life, though he suffered in Bournemouth’s 0-3 comeback to 4-3 towards his Luton City aspect.

“I am certain it was a way more horrifying second for them than it was for me. I do not know what occurred, however I’ve had surgical procedure and it should not occur once more. I had an episode of atrial fibrillation. That is when the highest a part of my coronary heart was beating 4 instances sooner than it ought to. My coronary heart stopped for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. I do know I actually died,” Tom Lockyer advised Sky Information in February 2024.

Tom Lockyer gave an interview to the Premier Legue wherein he defined that “I used to be clinically useless for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Yeah, it is fairly surreal. [Christian] Eriksen was 5 minutes and he was final earlier than me. I used to be two minutes and the man earlier than Eriksen, Fabrice Muamba, was 87 seconds or one thing loopy. So, the development is that it is entering into the best route.”

Tom Lockyer reveals off his ‘resuscitator’

Just a few weeks in the past Tom Lockyer confirmed off the ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) he has had implanted in his torso after struggling two collapses in seven months.

“That is my battle wound… My defibrillator is there, as you’ll be able to see, there is a wire that goes by means of and into the guts in case it ever must be activated,” Lockyer advised Sky Sports activities, displaying the scars on his torso and the situation of the defibrillator (the machine protrudes underneath his left armpit, with a scar marking the incision made to position it).

The goal of the defibrillator is to get his coronary heart working once more ought to it cease once more, eliminating the necessity to look ahead to a defibrillator to reach on the scene and hopefully save his life.