Ian Murray MP Working Hard for Edinburgh South
I’m•urging people to join the campaign to dramatically increase the number of local people trained in life-saving CPR and help create a Nation of Lifesavers.
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More than 30,000•people suffer an out of hospital cardiac arrest in the UK every year, but fewer than one in ten people survive, partly because not enough people have the skills and confidence to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).•British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland says that the Nation of Lifesavers initiative could save around 5,000 additional lives a year in the UK, based on survival rates in countries like Norway (25%)•where CPR training is mandatory in schools.
BHF Scotland is calling for CPR and public access defibrillator (PAD) awareness to be taught in all local secondary schools and a recent survey showed 82%•of people in the UK would be behind this move.•Since the launch of the campaign on October 16, more than 5,000 people have already signed the petition to make these skills part of the curriculum.
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I want to see every child in Scotland finish school equipped with the necessary skills to respond in a medical emergency,•and just 30 minutes of training could save someone’s life.
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I•was joined at the stall by Samantha Hobbs, who at 14 helped to save her mum’s life by performing CPR. With her dad, they kept her mum alive until the emergency services arrived and could get her heart beating again with a single electric shock from a defibrillator.•Samantha had been trained in CPR so she knew what to do. Now she’s campaigning to raise awareness amongst others so that more people are trained and more lives can be saved.
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https://twitter.com/TheBHF/status/526783660604006400
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Samantha said: “I was only able to help save my mum’s life because I’d been trained in CPR. I don’t know what might have happened if I hadn’t. We’re really pleased to be able to support the BHF’s Nation of Lifesavers campaign and spread the message about the importance of CPR. I hope more lives are saved.”
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