Incredible moment a gym goer collapses - before discovering she has a fatal ...

Incredible moment a gym-goer collapses while working out on a rowing machine - before discovering she's had a usually fatal heart disease for decades Emily Counter, 21, was using a rowing machine when she had a heart attack She was saved by two men who performed CPR in Anytime Fitness Noosa gym  Ms Counter eventually diagnosed with Bland-White-Garland Syndrome (BWGS)  She has called for defibrillators to be mandatory at all gyms across Australia

By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 05:46 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 05:46 GMT, 16 February 2019

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A woman wants to see defibrillators become mandatory items in all gyms after she almost died from a massive attack while using a rowing machine.

Emily Counter, 21, was working out at Anytime Fitness Noosa on the Sunshine Coast last October when she suffered a seizure and went into cardiac arrest.

The poise of gym owner Aaron Petterson and member Ben Duffy ensured she lived to tell the tale.

'One of the young members just came running to me and said 'something's happened to a girl',' Mr Petterson said.

'Em was just laying on the ground. She just wouldn't respond.'

Mr Petterson recalled it

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