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 taught to do CPR that there is a positive and sustained improvement in survival rates. The British Heart Foundation, The Red Cross and St John’s Ambulance have joined together to support the campaign ‘Every Child a Lifesaver’ to promote the Emergency First Aid Education bill.
On the 20th November the Emergency First Aid Education Bill will receive its second reading and the MPs will vote. This bill aims to make Emergency First Aid education part of the national curriculum.
I first taught my son (in the picture) how to perform CPR and use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) when he was 8! In the picture he is passing on his knowledge to a friend’s daughter who was 5 at the time. I teach sessions in my local schools on a not for profit basis but there are resources available to enable the teachers to teach their pupils.
The Lifesaver app is a great resource and is available as a DVD and there is the Call-Push-Rescue scheme from the British Heart Foundation where they can access easy to use, and store, manikins.
Often the ambulance service will provide education for school children. Training is also available for youth groups outside of school and this is often the place where children access training.
If you would like Emergency First Aid skills made part of the National Curriculum then please join the campaign for the Emergency First Aid Education Bill which goes for vote on the 20th November 2015 and email your MP and ask them to be present to vote. You can read more about the campaign and how to email your MP from these links.
Please support this campaign, and your local schools, to include these skills in education and help us become a nation of lifesavers.
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