A QUICK-thinking Cohuna farmhand has been praised for saving his dad's life using cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Chris Marino, 33, had just finished his first day on a new job and was enjoying a celebratory home dinner with his parents when his dad Tony, 65, slumped unconscious in his chair.

He was in cardiac arrest.

“I heard dad make this strange snore,” Chris said.

“I tried to wake him...