When someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) outside of hospital, there’s a chain of events which can increase their chance of survival. This includes;

• Early access and recognition – being able to recognise someone is in cardiac arrest and get assistance
• Early bystander CPR – performing chest compressions
• Early defibrillation – confidence in using a defibrillator
• Early advanced critical care – delivered by critical care paramedics and/or doctors

Over a quarter of the jobs we attend are cardiac arrest, so please help us make a difference. Sign up for our free one-hour community basic life support training sessions.

To mark Restart a Heart Day on 16 October, East Anglian Air Ambulance will also be delivering the extra following events across the region:

Monday – CPR training is being delivered at an Ipswich school with an ITFC player, followed by delivery of CPR training for Chatsworth ladies in the evening

Tuesday – Training will be delivered to the A14 construction group, followed by Yelling Village hall and then Yelling WI.

Wednesday – World Restart a Heart Day! In conjunction with the East of England Ambulance Service, we will be at Hellesdon High School teaching CPR to 300 students (https://www.resus.org.uk/events/rsah/)

Thursday – We will be delivering CPR at Ely School for former patient Charlotte Salmons, who suffered a cardiac arrest

Friday – Finally, we will be delivering CPR/AED training at Fakenham Racecourse between races

To find out more about the training we offer call us on 03450 669 999.