Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) keeps blood circulating during cardiac arrest until a defibrillator or paramedics arrive. Bystander CPR dramatically improves survival.
06.10.17 #feelinggrateful Exactly a year ago a woman entered my life in the most selfless way. She entered as my hero. She did one of the bravest things that can be asked of a person, she saved my life. Despite thinking that she may be facing a drunken hooligan clutching a takeaway and not very … Read more
In episode #018 of the Life After Cardiac Arrest podcast Paul talks with Dr Katie Dainty, who is a qualitative and mixed methods scientist and is the Research Chair in Patient Centred Outcomes at North York General Hospital, Toronto. She is also a passionate advocate for bystanders in a cardiac arrest scenario – “the forgotten … Read more
In episode #017 Paul talks with Jayne Biggs, mother and lifesaver of her daughter Violet who had a cardiac arrest aged 7. She talks about her daughters event and how she has been driven by her families experience to set up the Heart 2 Heart charity in Norfolk to improve life saving skills in her … Read more