LEARN HOW TO SAVE A LIFE WITH REVIVR

Thousands of foot ball players, coaches, referees, parent s and support ers across t he Nort h Riding area of Yorkshire are being urged t o learn CPR w it h a free innovat ive app w hich t eaches t he vit al skill in just 15 m inut es.

The ambitious plan has been launched by North Riding FA, whose CEO Steven Wade said he hoped enough people to ?fill Middlesbrough FC?s stadium?would learn the lifesaving skill using the British Heart Foundation's tool RevivR

Interest in learning CPRspiked following the high profile cardiac arrest of Christian Eriksen on the pitch at the Euros in 2021, which led to a third of fans saying they investigated CPRtraining and nine in ten were keen to learn it, according to a BHFsurvey.*

The survey also revealed that 69%of fans were more likely to learn CPRif their club sign-posted it

Steven said Christian Eriksen?s collapse was one of the inspirations for rolling RevivRout across the local footballing community, including all clubs and teams in the North Riding FA area. As well as players, the scheme will target everyone associated with a club, from coaches through to parents

There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in the UK, but the survival rate is less than one in ten. The early and effective use of CPR and a defibrillator can more than double the chances of survival in some cases RevivRteaches you how to recognise a cardiac arrest, gives feedback on chest compressions and outlines the correct steps of defibrillator use, giving anyone the confidence to step in and save a life in the event of the ultimate medical emergency

?The BHFapproached us about their app at the same time as we were thinking about our new health and wellbeing strategy, so the timing was perfect,?said Steven

?There was a lot of publicity around Christian Eriksen during the Euros and we felt this was the perfect opportunity to use football to promote the importance