Heroes Finola Clarkson (left) and Lisa Cuppit (right) are both first-aid trained (Pictures: NNP)

Two Asda workers ‘went above and beyond’ the line of duty to save a man’s life after he collapsed at an Asda petrol station.

Finola Clarkson, 54, was on her break she saw a man suddenly fall to the floor at a petrol pump in Peterlee, County Durham.

She and her 33-year-old colleague Lisa Cuppit, who both have first-aid training, immediately rushed to help him.

They cordoned off the area where he was lying, made sure he stayed awake by talking to him and called an ambulance.

Finola said: ‘The gentleman was very yellow and kept telling us he needed a blood transfusion. We just kept talking about all sorts of things to keep him conscious.

‘It was raining and quite cold, so we managed to get him off the ground and onto a chair from the office.

‘We then made the decision to link arms and get him into the building. I think we did well, as the situation could have turned a lot worse. The first-aid training that we had automatically kicked in.’

Finola and Lisa cordoned off the area while they spoke to the man (Picture: NNP)

It turns out that the man, who has asked to remain anonymous, has severe anaemia.

Finola and Lisa managed to get hold of the customer’s wife, who came to the petrol station and rushed her husband to hospital instead of waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

The man is currently being treated at North Tees Hospital, where he has undergone specialist care including several blood transfusions.

He said: ‘The ladies from Asda went above and beyond their normal job role and deserve recognition for their actions.

The pair have now been nominated for Asda’s Service Superstar award (Picture: NNP)

‘I’d like to thank them so much for everything they did on that day.’

Lisa said: ‘We are very proud of what we did. It’s a good job that we were first aid trained. It would have been awful if we weren’t.

‘Having first aid is brilliant, everyone should know what to do when confronted by a situation like this.

‘It was honestly terrifying, but we helped someone, so it was worth it.’

She and Finola have now been nominated for Asda’s Service Superstar award.

Store manager Steven McKenna said: ‘They were absolute superstars, lifesavers!

‘They jumped into action and were able to keep him conscious.

‘The hospital told the gentleman that the intervention from our colleagues certainly helped to save the gentleman’s life.’

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The man ended up needing several blood transfusions.