Did you know that every 2 minutes in the UK someone has a heart attack, and only 1% of the population is trained in the vital skills that could double the victim’s chance of survival?

AIM
The CPR in Schools (CPRiS) project aims to reduce the number of premature and unnecessary sudden deaths resulting from a heart attack by training school children in basic life support. CPR is potentially life saving and ‘buys time’ while waiting for professional help to arrive. 70% of cardiac arrests occur in the home and CPR techniques are often the o­nly skills immediately available. Only 1% of the population can perform CPR. As a result, the number of lives saved remains sub-optimal because of this weak first link in the life support chain. Lay trainees, from school children to elderly people, have been found capable of performing CPR satisfactorily following training.

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    • SITUATION
    Training in CPR is provided by the voluntary aid societies, but at present is not routinely taught in schools as part of the National Curriculum. In contrast, CPR skills have been taught regularly in other European nations’ schools (such as Norway ) for almost 40 years, with reports of successful applications of technique. Medsin QUB is one of many medical groups across Britain who aim to make CPR and basic life support an essential part of a schools curriculum.

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