Ambulance crews who helped save a 13-year-old girl after she suffered a heart attack have been shortlisted for a national award. 

Daisy Webb was walking to school in April when she suddenly fell to her knees, lost consciousness and stopped breathing. 

That was when Grace Lemin, Harrison Galgut and Charlie Harris, crew members at the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST), stepped in. 

“This was not a normal job by any stretch of the imagination,” said Lesley Hall, leading operations manager with EEAST. 

“Because of how the crews reacted under enormous pressure, Daisy now has her whole life ahead of her.” 

Grace, Harrison and Charlie arrived within minutes to find that Daisy had a cardiac arrest, and began to administer CPR until her pulse returned. 

The EEAST then handed over to colleagues from Magpas Air Ambulance in Dr James Price, as well as critical care paramedics Steve Chambers and Thomas Giddings. 

Crews performed a rapid general anaesthetic on Daisy before she was transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, and has since made a full recovery. 

Daisy said: “Words can't really describe how I feel; just gratitude and thanks to everybody who gave me the chance to live.” 

For their efforts, both crews from EEAST and Magpas, based in Huntingdon, have been put forward as finalists in the ‘999 hero’ category at The Sun newspaper’s ‘Who Cares Wins’ awards. 

Ms Hall said she is “incredibly proud of the fantastic teamwork showed by our crews and Magpas Air Ambulance partners during what was an incredibly challenging call”. 

Daisy, together with parents John and Lisa, have since visited Huntingdon Ambulance Station to meet the team and thank them in person. 

“Survival from cardiac arrest is very rare, especially in children, but everything went in Daisy's favour that day,” said Dr Price. 

“From bystanders calling 999 to the CPR given early, to the early shock to her heart from the ambulance crew.” 

Dr Price added: “To see Daisy and her family now is incredible. 

“It is very rewarding and makes the years of training in pre-hospital emergency medicine seem all the more worthwhile." 

The awards ceremony will be broadcast on Channel 4 from 6.30pm on Sunday, November 27.