A grieving family has been left ‘devastated’ after finding out a device which could have saved their mum’s life after she went into cardiac arrest was only two minutes away, an inquest heard.
Sharon Beales, 56, suddenly fell desperately ill while watching a film with relatives at home in Kintbury, near Newbury, Berkshire, late on January 18 this year.
Her husband Laurence, 65, called out for two of their sons who rushed downstairs to find their mother grey and cold, the hearing was told.
One carried out CPR for 11 minutes while the other phoned 999.
Mrs Beale’s family say the operator asked if there was an ‘AED’ – automated external defibrillator – nearby, but none of them knew what it meant so they replied they didn’t think so.