Rose and Scarlett’s CPR learnt at VACSWIM saves their beloved Nanna’s life

Jill Sculley’s life was saved by her granddaughters after they performed CPR on her when she suffered a cardiac arrest.

A grandmother has shared her love and gratitude for her two young granddaughters who performed lifesaving CPR on her while she was suffering a cardiac arrest.

“I get emotional about it because I wouldn’t be here without them,” Jill Sculley said.

“I’d be dead without the support of Rose and my Scarlett, both of them were there together at nearly midnight saving my life.”

Ms Sculley and her granddaughters, Rose, 13, and Scarlett, 12 were walking back to their car after a school performance in the city in June when the 77-year-old grandmother went into cardiac arrest.

Scarlett, 12, and Rose Fay, 13, saved their grandmother, Jill Sculley with CPR after she went into cardiac arrest. Picture: RoyVPhotography

The two girls quickly sprang into action to help their Nanna and after calling triple-0, recalled the CPR training they had received at VACSWIM SA’s holiday program.

“We knew how to put our hands in the right spot and how much pressure to do from VACSWIM,” Rose said.

“I never thought that I would have to apply these skills that I learnt from VACSWIM to real life, but when Nanna did have the cardiac arrest I knew this is what I had to do.”

“It was a big help going to VACSWIM all those years,” Scarlett added.

Ms Sculley, who lives in Victoria returned to South Australia for the first time since her medical emergency on Friday night and encouraged other young people to learn CPR skills like her granddaughters.

Scarlett, 12, and Rose Fay, 13, saved their grandmother, Jill Sculley with CPR after she went into cardiac arrest. Picture: RoyVPhotography

“You never know when you’re going to use it,” Ms Sculley said.

“(CPR) is a must for all children in all schools, not just to save a life in the sea which is very important but also they could transfer those skills like on me, their grandmother or anyone else who might be in an accident.

“I would’ve been scared stiff and I would’ve been frozen to the ground so (Scarlett and Rose) didn’t, they went into action and all the credit is to these two brave girls.

“They didn’t think of themselves, they thought of me.”