The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Department of Health (DH) are encouraging organisations in the South West to help make their communities safer as they launch a £1 million partnership to make public access defibrillators and CPR training more widely available across England.
The announcement comes as new figures from the BHF show few people in the South West are even aware...
People in the South West believe children should be taught CPR in schools, according to new research by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The BHF polled over 2,000 people and found that 89% of people in the South West thought that children should leave secondary school knowing the life-saving skill.
More than 30,000 people have a cardiac arrest outside of hospital, but less...
The importance of basic life support training was highlighted recently when a Trust practitioner answered a call for help following a cardiac arrest emergency – just hours after attending a BLS training course.
Liam Button is the infection prevention lead practitioner for the Trust.
He recently took part in a basic life support training session for Trust staff. The training...
Devon Air Ambulance is sharing a remarkable story involving a former patient, and his lifesaving intervention, to mark Restart a Heart Day on Thursday (16 October) - a national initiative to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and empower more people with the skills to save a life.
This year Devon Air Ambulance pledged to train 2,025 people in CPR and defibrillator use, through bespoke...
