UHDB team teaching life-saving skills to the community as part of Restart a Heart events
People across our community are being invited this October to learn skills that could save a life, when resuscitation training experts from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) will be raising awareness about what to do to help someone in cardiac arrest and teaching basic CPR skills at a series of events to mark the annual Restart a Heart initiative.
Restart a Heart Day, led by Resuscitation Council UK > , is taking place on 16 October, and aims to increase the number of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests - with fewer than one in 10 people currently surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital in the UK.
As part of this year's initiative, colleagues from the UHDB Resuscitation and Simulation team are hosting events at our hospitals and out in the community to ensure members of the public can get involved and learn a skill that could save somebody's life. As well as providing valuable education around cardiac arrests and teaching CPR, there will also be training on how to use a defibrillator (AED - Automated External Defibrillator).
On Thursday 9 October, colleagues from the Resuscitation and Simulation team > will be in the Community Hub at the Derbion shopping centre from 10am - 3pm, with members of the public welcome to get involved.
There will also be Restart a Heart Day stands at two of our hospital sites, as listed below:
- Royal Derby Hospital, Thursday 16 October, 10am - 3pm: One stand in the alcove on the Level 1 corridor, just past Costa Coffee; another stand outside the restaurant on Level 5
- Queen's Hospital Burton, Thursday 16 October, 9am - 5pm: Ground Floor, near information desk and WHSmith
Jessica Rosser, Resuscitation & Simulation Trainer, will be one of the colleagues involved across these events - and she explains why the education being offered around Restart a Heart Day could make a life-saving difference.
She said: "No matter your physical abilities, you can make a difference when somebody is having a cardiac arrest. Learning the steps to CPR and how to use a defibrillator gives the person having a sudden cardiac arrest the best chance of survival - and whether it's calling 999, finding a defib or guiding someone through chest compressions, you can play a vital role. We hope that these sessions will provide this valuable education, meaning more people across our community feel aware and have the skills that could genuinely save somebody's life."