Mechanical CPR and a life-saving bypass device on standby for City2Surf

By Kate Aubusson
Updated July 30 2016 - 10:23am, first published July 24 2016 - 2:26pm
At 30 weeks pregnant, Melissa Allsop was put on ECMO after her lung collapsed. ECMO and LUCAS will for the first time be available to emergency services at the City2Surf this year. Photo: Jessica Hromas
At 30 weeks pregnant, Melissa Allsop was put on ECMO after her lung collapsed. ECMO and LUCAS will for the first time be available to emergency services at the City2Surf this year. Photo: Jessica Hromas
NSW Ambulance and St Vincent's Hospital staff during a LUCAS training demonstration. Photo: Kate Aubusson
NSW Ambulance and St Vincent's Hospital staff during a LUCAS training demonstration. Photo: Kate Aubusson
Melissa Allsop with her husband Ben Allsop and their children Zac, Leo and Elsie at St Vincent's Hospital Photo: Supplied
Melissa Allsop with her husband Ben Allsop and their children Zac, Leo and Elsie at St Vincent's Hospital Photo: Supplied

Thirty weeks pregnant and battling what felt like a bad flu, Melissa Allsop felt herself drifting in and out of consciousness in a Gold Coast hospital.

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