A cardiac arrest survivor who was saved after collapsing in a pub is appealing for help to fund life-saving first aid teaching. 

Roger Cornish, 58, of Prospect Road in Woodford Green, was enjoying a pint at The Cricketers pub in January 2010 when he collapsed with no warning at all. 

Quick-thinking punters at the High Road pub, including Cher Clarke from Chingford, rushed to his aid and gave him coronary pulmonary resuscitation in the six minutes it took for paramedics to arrive. 

London Ambulance Service (LAS) have said their efforts saved his life. 

Mr Cornish said: "I was just having a drink and talking to a friend and it was instantaneous. 

"My friend later told me my eyes rolled up and then I collapsed."

Ambulance crews used a defibrillator to restart his heart.

Now, after making a full recovery, he is appealing for funds towards to support Saving Londoners' Lives - a project which trains pupils on emergency life-saving skills.  

The organisation is crowdfunding to raise £10,000 by November 28. 

Mr Cornish added: "This is such a worthwhile cause.

"If those two drinkers in the pub had not known what to do I would not be here today."

According to statistics, a person who receives CPR immediately after suffering a cardiac arrest is twice as likely to survive.

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