Learning CPR and help save lives through trust

October 19, 2018

Featured in the Express & Star.

A trust was supporting Restart a Heart Day by encouraging visitors to have a go at CPR.
Experts were on hand to show people how to carry out the life-saving act on a manikin, during events at Sandwell and Birmingham City Hospitals.
Dr Derek Connolly, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, said: “This is an important campaign as we know that if CPR is started early it can double the person’s chances of survival. The more people educated in crucial life-saving techniques, the more people will survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the future.”
Bethan Downing, Deputy Director of Organisation Development and Learning has organised the events with our Trusts’ Deteriorating Patient and Resus Team.
She said: “Our Deteriorating Patient and Resus Team will be based in the reception areas of our two acute hospitals, where they will be encouraging visitors to try out CPR.
“We want people have a go so they are able to understand how to carry out the procedure should they find themselves in a situation where it is needed.”
The campaign, which has been organised by the Resuscitation Council and is in its fifth year, aims to train a record-breaking 200,000 with the skills and confidence to help save a life.