Emma Cowing: Could my cardiac arrest have been connected to sudden cardiac death?

SINCE MY accident in July, when I collapsed from heatstroke and suffered a cardiac arrest while reporting from the frontline in Afghanistan, I have been champing at the bit to get back to exercising. Regular Scotsman readers may remember I used to write a column called Tantrums and Trainers, documenting my trials and tribulations with a personal trainer, and since then, while I am far from the fittest person in the world, I have come to enjoy a regular workout.

In the immediate aftermath of July's events I was fairly incapacitated. This was partly because the CPR had badly bruised my ribs and sternum, meaning that for the first few weeks I had trouble walking, slept sitting up, and took up residence on the ...