Yorkshire Ambulance Service are asking schools to sign up for restart a heart day which features a new low cost training aid.
Yorkshire Ambulance service are hoping they will be able to hold their restart a heart campaign in person this year.
The annual event sees thousands of school pupils given CPR training.
Last years event in October took place on line but Jon Thordarson from the Ambulance service hopes they will be back in schools this autumn along with a new bit of Kit.
Hopes are high that an easing of COVID-19 restrictions later in the year will mean a return to face-to-face cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training on Friday 15 October and these sessions would be offered alongside online training.
The new training aid – called a Pillow Partner – will enable those without access to manikins to practise hands-only CPR on a pillow.
The pillow cases are printed with a torso and basic CPR instructions and can be used alongside our new training video. the team are asking for a suggested donation of £2 per pillow case and all proceeds will go to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity, which sponsors the Restart a Heart campaign. They can be ordered by emailing yas.restartaheart@nhs.net
Jon says they now want schools and volunteers to sign up for the event.
Secondary schools can register for Restart a Heart Day 2021 by completing the form at https://survey.yas.nhs.uk/s/RAH-Schools-2021/ before the closing date on Friday 2 April.
Over 30,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital in the UK every year. The earlier a patient can receive CPR and a shock from a defibrillator, the greater their chance of survival.
Currently in the UK, less than one (8.6%) in ten people survive a cardiac arrest. If we achieved the same survival rates of countries like Norway (25%), where CPR is taught in schools, an additional 100 lives could be saved each week - the equivalent of approximately 5,000 every year.
Restart a Heart Day is again being organised in conjunction with the Resuscitation Council (UK), the British Heart Foundation, which provides training equipment to eligible schools free of charge as part of its Nation of Lifesavers campaign, and St John Ambulance.
For more information visit www.restartaheart.yas.nhs.uk
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