If residents of South West have their say, schoolchildren should learn lifesaving techniques while in school. This is according to a recent study by the British Heart Foundation or BHF.
There were over 2,000 people polled by the BHF
If residents of South West have their say, schoolchildren should learn lifesaving techniques while in school. This is according to a recent study by the British Heart Foundation or BHF.
There were over 2,000 people polled by the BHF and 89% of the respondents in South West agreed that secondary school kids should have knowledge about Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a very crucial lifesaving skill.
Less than one out of ten of the more than 30,000 people suffering from cardiac arrest outside of hospitals survive. This is in part because people don’t have the courage to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Compared to other countries, victims in the UK have a very low chance of survival.
Compared to Norway, where students are taught CPR in schools, the survival rate of people having cardiac arrest is 25%.
To this effect, the BHF is urging locals in the South West to go to their district BHF office and to sign a petition asking the government to teach their children CPR in school
Angie Vidler, Regional Manager of the British Heart Foundation, said: “Lives are lost every day because people do not have the skills to act in a life-threatening situation.
“We believe that every child should leave school knowing how to perfo