Restart a Heart 2025: Emergency service twins join forces to save lives through CPR
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Last updated 1st Oct 2025
They only last year set a Guinness World Record for the most views of a CPR lesson on YouTube within a 24-hour period.
Now Borders Paramedic Lee Myers, and his police officer twin Liam, are joining forces again in an effort to reach a new target of training one million people in the life-saving skill over the next three years.
Thousands have already signed up to this year's Restart A Heart live, which will see 20-minute training sessions streamed throughout the day on YouTube, from 9am to 9pm on Wednesday, October 1st.
"No equipment is required," Lee told us. "All you need is a cushion, a backpack, pillow, or even a coat to practice the technique on."
Currently only one in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and the likelihood of survival drops by 10% every minute someone does not attempt CPR.
"Amazingly, when we were training in a Borders school, we were approached by a student who said they were able to recognise that someone was still breathing but unconscious based on the training we did last year," Lee continued.
"This year, with current sign-ups, we are on course to train half a million people in lifesaving CPR skills and defibrillator use."
But, he added: "While our long-term goal is to train one million, we firmly believe that if just one person uses this training to save a life, the initiative will already have been a success."
This year's campaign includes dedicated sessions for primary and secondary schools - but anyone can sign up, no matter their age.
One person who knows how vital the training can be is Edinburgh dad Mike Pinkerton.
He had a vet perform CPR on him after suffering a cardiac arrest while out shopping for cat food, and he's urging more people to learn the life-saving skill.
"I was lucky enough to be in a public place, and lucky enough that there was someone there who had learned how to do CPR, and kept me going until paramedics arrived," Mr Pinkerton recalled.
"Ten years on I'm fitter and happier than I've ever been, and I've a daughter, Mae, who I'd never have met if it hadn't been for someone willing and able to use CPR to save my life."
To sign up for today's event, and for more details, visit: https://www.restartaheart.live/
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