Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) keeps blood circulating during cardiac arrest until a defibrillator or paramedics arrive. Bystander CPR dramatically improves survival.
We’ve been approached by NHS England in collaboration with GoodSAM to find some survivors for a promotional video they will be making. Read on if you’re interested in helping out… Background We know that our survival rate for out of hospital cardiac arrest is at around 8.6% which is significantly lower than for populations in … Read more
The Grandfather It was early on a freezing morning in January 1937. Having survived 4 years of World War 1 and several as a serving soldier, Joseph had left the Army in 1931. He settled with his wife and four children in Surrey, the eldest was 17, the youngest 9. Today, aged 43, he was … Read more
I qualified as Nurse in 2000, I have been involved in hundreds of cardiac arrests over the years. Those patients to memory, were old, they had underlying health conditions, I can only recall two arrests where a patient actually survived. On 26/12/2017, at 2:20am, I let out a gasp, this woke my engineer husband Stuart, … Read more