The three-time Olympian was preparing to take part in a show jumping competition when she collapsed from a ruptured aorta, and was attended to by a doctor and vet at the show, saving her life.
abc.net.au/news/vicki-roycroft-recovering-at-home-after-burst-aorta/102310238Olympic equestrian Vicki Roycroft has made it back home after suffering a burst aorta at the Sydney Royal Easter Show which left her on the brink of death and hospitalised for three weeks.
"He did the cardio stuff and kept enough of the blood circulating in my brain that I didn't become a vegetable," Roycroft told ABC Central Coast's Scott Levi.Roycroft said she understands she was dead for more than 10 minutes. "Vicki looked dead. It was that shocking moment when you realise this patient needs CPR now, so we got to work straight away," he said.Dr Schembri first met Roycroft as a veterinary student in his 20s."She's a wonderful competitor at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, a renowned Olympian, and just a wonderful person," he said.Roycroft was riding a horse at the time of the incident, gearing up to compete in a showjumping event.
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