Seeing someone saved with CPR this summer, I was really aware that I hadn't looked at how to do it for a long while. I contacted my dear friend Perri Ann Barley who works as an ambulance dispatcher and asked for advice. It just so happened that she was producing a video all about it and visiting schools on the 16th of October for "Re-start a heart day". Through Perri I got permission to join the students and learn on the day.
On the day they also had a guest - Alex Cowes - a former pupil at the school who actually needed CPR 8 years ago whilst in PE and was saved by Shona Jagger, his teacher. He explained at each session how important the next 30 minutes of learning would be. Craig Barley, then gave the best talk to the students - so concise, clear and real. It is true that a person is known as dead until the CPR is working and this was explained with no hiding of the truth. The thing that got me was how quick it was to pick up and know what to do - I urge everyone to watch a video on how to do this. 3 out of 4 cases are in the home. Go to You Tube or Google or anywhere and watch!
