by Helen | Jan 18, 2022 | Blog, Covid-19, CPR training in schools, Training
How to Learn CPR Even if you can’t access a face to face course there are online resources to help you learn CPR, such as Lifesaver, CPR Man and the RevivR training from the BHF. I primarily work with medical and dental practices who undertake medical emergency...
by Helen | Jan 11, 2019 | Blog, CPR training in schools
CPR to be added to curriculum in England Education Secretary Damian Hinds has confirmed plans that CPR and First Aid training are to be added to the curriculum in England. This means that by the time students leave Secondary School they will have been taught CPR and...
by Helen | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, CPR training in schools, Defibrillators, Events
Sam Mangoro speaks at the Resuscitation Council Symposium Sam is a 17 year old who survived his cardiac arrest at school because his school had an AED and his teachers knew how to do CPR. Regular readers of my blog will know that I support the teaching of CPR in...
by Helen | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, CPR training in schools, Events, Uncategorised
Children should learn how to do CPR The Resuscitation Council recommended in the guidelines published in October 2015 that all school children should learn how to do CPR. This is no longer an aspiration, there is clear evidence that in countries where children are...
by Helen | Jul 18, 2015 | Blog, CPR training in schools, Events, First Aid advice, Training
Bystander CPR doubles chances of survival A Swedish study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in June 2015 has shown that receiving Bystander CPR within 2 minutes of cardiac arrest was associated with a survival rate of more than double that when people...
by Helen | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog, CPR training in schools, Defibrillators, Emergency equipment
1 million for defibrillators in public places and schools In the budget it has been announced that the government has set aside 1 million for defibrillators in public places and schools. This is great news as it enables more lives to be saved. A recent report into...
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