Heidi Bonnell, 36, a well-known Ottawa lobbyist and worked as an aide to former Liberal cabinet minister Brian Tobin, said she was riding a stationary bike at the Ottawa-Vanier Goodlife club when she went into full cardiac arrest.
Heidi Bonnell the Survivor
“The staff helped me get off the bike while another woman working out at the facility found a nurse in an exercise class down the way who had any sort of CPR or medical training,” said Bonnell.
By the time paramedics arrived, Bonnell still did not have a pulse and needed to be shocked with a defibrillator.
After spending three weeks in hospital — five of those days on ice, Bonnell was able to return home on Nov. 28
