Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Denmark Training - Elsinore, Denmark - June 16, 2021 Denmark's Jannik Vestergaard during training REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The cardiac arrest suffered by Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen during a Euro 2020 match has seen a seven-fold increase in sign-ups for the "heart runner" app, which allows emergency services to quickly direct citizen responders to assist heart attack victims.
Eriksen's life was saved when CPR was administered to him on the pitch and his heart was re-started with a defibrillator before he was taken to hospital, where he is recovering.
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