He was taken to the hospital by ambulance, where atrial fibrillation—an irregular and frequently abnormally fast heart rhythm—was identified by the medical staff.
Darren was given three bags of IV fluids and warned that the factory’s 45C heat and the intensely salted air were harming his heart, yet he went back to work.
Due to the intense heat and the salt in the air, Darren’s dehydration persisted, causing him to have further bouts of “my heart going bonkers.”
Trying to extract salt from the sea nearly killed me.
Darren Peattie was "absolutely terrified of failing" when he made the decision to bring back the 200-year-old salt harvesting industry in a coastal community in Fife.
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