A Teddington school has been given lifesaving equipment that brought professional footballer Fabrice Muamba back to life.

Cardiac charity Sads UK gave St Mary’s and St Peter’s Primary School an automated external defibrillator to help save lives if anyone has a cardiac arrest on site.

A defibrillator is the only piece of equipment that will restore the heart rhythm if a person goes into cardiac arrest and early defibrillation gives people the best chance of survival.

The London Ambulance Service visited the school on Thursday, June 6, to give them training on how to use the equipment.

Founder of Sads UK Anne Jolly said: “Sads UK is pleased that St Mary’s and St Peter’s Primary School will benefit from having a defibrillator on the premises to restart the heart if there is a cardiac arrest on the premises.

"Using CPR alone provides a 5 per cent chance of survival but using CPR along with the defibrillator increases the chance of survival to more than 50 per cent; this is why Sads UK is so passionate about putting this lifesaving equipment in place.”

The cardiac charity is urging the Government to make defibrillators compulsory in all schools.

For more information call 01277 811215, email info@sadsuk.org or visit sadsuk.org.