PENSHURST footballer Luke Ferguson was revived at training by teammates and an off-duty nurse after he collapsed on Thursday night.
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Penshurst police Senior Constable Shaun McCulloch, who started at the station last Friday, said he was at a rural property when he saw a mica paramedic vehicle.
He followed the vehicle to the Penshurst ground about 7.30pm.
"Ten minutes later the HEMS4 helicopter, two ambulances and the mica vehicle were all in attendance," he said.
"It was a phenomenal response."
Ferguson, 26, had only been training for five minutes and was jogging with two teammates when he collapsed.
An off-duty nurse and teammates assisted and a defibrillator at the club was used to revive the handy footballer.
Senior Constable McCulloch said there was no contact or collision before Ferguson collapsed.
"He had stopped breathing, but was revived and then placed in an induced coma before being airlifted to a Geelong hospital," he said.
"Club president Brendan Cottrill said they were only into training for five minutes when it all happened.
"If not for swift CPR and the intervention of the off-duty nurse teammates there would have been a very different outcome."
Senior Constable McCulloch said Ferguson was breathing and self-functioning before being placed in the induced coma to assist his recovery.
"If this incident had happened anyone else there would likely have been a different outcome," he said.
"It was the best outcome, to have that episode with all that support and resources on hand saved Luke’s life," he said.