Ray Lee, 65, was exercising on a cross-trainer at home when his heart rate rocketed to a life-threatening 190 beats per minute. The retired operations manager had a crippling pain in his chest and was helped to his bedroom by wife Christine, 66, where he laid down on the bed.
But when his heart rate remained sky-high after an hour, she called an ambulance which arrived at their home in Wilton, Wilts, in four minutes. Paramedics placed him on a stretcher and set off on the five mile journey to Salisbury District Hospital under blue lights and siren.
On arrival, medics planned to give him an injection to stop his heart before restarting it with a shock. But as the ambulance raced along Netherhampton Road - just a few minutes from his home - it nose dived into a pothole. And the impact was so great Mr Lee's heart rate suddenly dropped back to a healthy 60 beats per minute.
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