Free CPR training sessions could save lives
The South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust are putting on the event as part of Restart a Heart Month.
South West Ambulance are teaching people in Gloucestershire how to give live saving CPR this month.
The free community events across the South West are part of the Restart a Heart month.
Paramedics, emergency care assistants, volunteer community first responders, and colleagues from the Volunteering & Community Services team at SWASFT will deliver a free, hands-on training session at Gloucester Quays.
People who take part will gain potentially life saving skills and knowledge. From CPR demonstrations and practise to learning how to locate and use a defibrillator.
Each year, around 100,000 people in the UK suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – that's approximately 250 people every day.
Organisers say that even a few minutes of training at the event could help to save lives.
Hannah Butler, Volunteering and Community Services Officer at SWASFT, said, ''Every minute matters when someone suffers a cardiac arrest, and knowing what to do can make the difference between life and death.
A simple act like starting CPR or using a defibrillator can more than double a person's chances of survival.''