SECAmb Supports Restart A Heart

Could you Restart a heart?

Here at South East Coast Ambulance Service, we support the Resuscitation Council UK’s ‘Restart A Heart’ campaign every year.

Volunteers and members of staff use their free time to go in to schools and colleges to teach CPR to our children.

In 2018 we taught 10886 children CPR, a vital skill that can help save thousands of lives.

Unfortunately, due to the covid pandemic over the last two years we have been limited on what we can do face to face and have used virtual learning instead. Will will continue to offer this to groups who do not want face to face sessions.

We would love your school or college to get involved and get the children learning one of the most important skills they could leave school with.

What is CPR?

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a simple life-saving technique given to someone in cardiac arrest. It aims to take over the job of the heart and lungs by keeping blood and oxygen flowing through the body.

A cardiac arrest is caused by an electrical problem in the heart which then stops pumping blood around the body and brain.

CPR incorporates chest compressions -(push ‘hard and fast’ in the centre of the chest between the nipples to the beat of ‘Staying Alive’) and rescue breaths. Without CPR, the person will die within minutes.

Most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in the home. Learn CPR and one day you might be able to save the life of a loved one. Learn CPR and become a lifesaving hero.

How can I learn CPR?

We teach CPR at secondary schools and colleges across the South East every year for a week for Restart a Heart.

In 2022 we are offering the option of virtual learning as well as face to face teaching.

There are many other ways to learn what to do in the ultimate medical emergency.

Watch our CPR training video starring our very own staff/volunteers.

Learn CPR by playing This is a free interactive game in a film by the Resuscitation Council (UK)

Resuscitation Council UK’s animation demonstrates what to do when someone collapses and stops breathing normally at a time of increased risk of infection

You can find out more by watching the British Heart Foundation (BHF) videos or buying your own training kits by visiting the BHF website

Download St John Ambulance’s free mobile phone app and keep life-saving info, including how to perform CPR with you at all times

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