A TEENAGE barman leapt into action to revive a woman customer who had slumped unconscious and began breathing irregularly in a Blackburn pub.

On Tuesday night Callum Walton, the 18-year-old assistant manager of The Vic on Darwen Street, spotted the 52-year-old looking unwell at her table.

Noticing her breathing had stopped, he rang 999 and was told to use one of the new defibrillators which had been installed outside BBC Radio Lancashire’s headquarters nearby as part of the Lancashire Lifesavers campaign launched earlier this month.

Mr Walton, from Highercroft, said: “Someone went to get the device while I stayed with her and was back within two to three minutes.

“I’d never been trained but I just followed the instructions on the defibrillator. She displayed all the symptoms of a heart attack.

“It was a bit scary but I put the pads on and then applied CPR when it told me to and she started to recover.

“I suppose it was common sense really and she came round and was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital," said Mr Walton.

“I’ve never done it before and it's fingers crossed she recovers fully and there will be a glass of champagne waiting for her in the pub when she comes back.

“It is an incredible piece of equipment and it will save so many lives. It was lucky there was one nearby.”

It is understood this was one of the first uses of the defibrillators being fitted at key public locations across the county as part of the campaign.

The device outside Radio Lancashire was unveiled by Rossendale comedian and heart attack survivor Ted Robbins with BBC presenters Roger Johnson and Graham Liver last week.

Cheryl Pickstock, from North West Ambulance Service, said: “It just highlights these need to be everywhere and they can also be accessed by members of the public without training.”

The woman is understood be recovering in the Royal Blackburn Hospital.

Lancashire Lifesavers is a joint campaign with BBC Radio Lancashire, the North West Ambulance Service and Lancashire County Council, which aims to train 2,500 people across the county to perform CPR.

Blackburn Council Leader Mohammed Khan and former professional footballers Kevin Gallacher and Jamie Hoyland were among several people who took part in CPR training sessions at BBC Radio Lancashire last week.

County Councillor Geoff Driver, leader of Lancashire County Council, said: “It is great to know that this device has already been used to help someone.”