Students learn essential life-saving skills18 October 2024 (by admin) |
Year 7 students at Withernsea High School are among some of the estimated 35,000 students at schools across Yorkshire who have learnt essential life-saving skills as part of this year’s Restart a Heart campaign.
Throughout the event, held on Wednesday 16th October, over 160 of the school’s Year 7 students benefitted from the training, which was delivered by volunteers from the His Majesty’s Coastguard and Community First Responders.
Restart a Heart aims to improve the UK’s cardiac arrest survival rate through the teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Since the launch of the campaign in 2013, it is estimated that the Yorkshire Ambulance Service has completed over 1,000 school visits, delivering CPR training to almost 250,000 young people at secondary schools across the county.
Overseeing this year’s session at Withernsea High School was Viki Foster, the school’s Careers Leader, who said: "Our careers programme isn’t just about getting students into college, apprenticeships and work, it’s about equipping them with essential life skills that will benefit them as individuals in all contexts of their lives.
“The British Heart Foundation has conducted research that shows nearly 50% of adults have not learnt to perform CPR and, sadly, fewer than 1 in 10 people who suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital survive.
“Hopefully the students will never need to use this skill, but we hope that if ever they were faced with a situation where it was needed, they would feel confident in knowing what steps to take to help someone.
"The students were fully engaged in the session, asked lots of questions and demonstrated some great CPR skills. We are very proud of the mature and responsible way Year 7 took on board the importance of learning CPR and we would like to thank the community volunteers for their time and help in supporting our students.”
Jason Carlyon, Community Engagement Manager with Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said: “What happens in the first few minutes after someone has suffered a cardiac arrest is vital. If bystanders can call 999 and start CPR while sending someone to retrieve the nearest defibrillator, that person’s chances of survival can triple.
“We know about three students who took part in Restart a Heart Day last year who have since used CPR to help save the lives of parents which is incredible and really emphasises the importance of our campaign and knowing what to do.”
Find out where you can learn CPR: https://restartaheart.yas.nhs.uk/about/where-can-i-learn-cpr/
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