Join students and staff from the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences on Wednesday 18 October to learn the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in five minutes.
All are welcome to join our Paramedic Science students outside M&S at Castlepoint Shopping Centre between 10am and 3pm on Wednesday 18 October. This interactive session will give you the opportunity to practice on adult and paediatric manikins and use training defibrillators.
Whether you’ve learnt CPR before, or this is your first time, this is an opportunity to gain the skills and confidence to help if someone collapses and stops breathing normally.
This event is taking place in support of the Resuscitation Council UK’s Restart a Heart Day, which is launched in mid-October each year. This annual event brings together partners all over the world to increase public awareness of cardiac arrests and increase the number of people trained in life-saving CPR.
Approximately 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen every year in the UK however sadly less than 1 in 10 people survive these cardiac arrests. Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) can more than double the chances of survival in some cases.
To find out more, including quick, free online resources to learn CPR please visit the Resuscitation Council UK or British Heart Foundation webpages.