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Nurse backs CPR skills after Wembley fan collapse

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A nurse who revived a fellow football fan who collapsed at Wembley has urged others "to learn CPR" in the hope of saving more lives.

Brian Soulsby, who attended Saturday's Championship play-off final with his family, spotted "someone in distress" as the crowd celebrated Sunderland's first goal.

Mr Soulsby, who works as a nurse practitioner at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust, said: "I've never preformed CPR in my clinical practice role in over 20 years but I'm very glad I had the training."

The man who collapsed, who is aged in his early 20s, was admitted to hospital and is continuing to recover.