You Could Save a Life

If you came across a victim of collapse, it could

cardiac arrest which is always fatal without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Would

Could YOU be a lifesaver? Read

HOW DOYOU RECOGNISECARDIACARREST?

It’s simple! No response and not breathing normally. The heart has a chaotic electrical rhythm, the pump action fails, brain blood flow stops, collapse follows in seconds, brain injury and death in minutes. IMMEDIATEACTION ISVITAL!

Normal Fatal Rescued

UK STATISTICS...

• Over 60,000 victims per year

• Under 50% get goodCPR.

• Under 10% survive but 25-30% is possible.

• Thousands of avoidable deaths.

WHATWILL SAVE LIVES?...

• The ‘Chain of Survival’ - see below

• Public Education starting in schools (the role of Heartwize).

• More PublicAccessAEDs (defibrillators).

HEARTWIZE and LCFC

A special relationship since 2014

• Leicester Foxes Foundation contributed 20 of the 93 defibrillators Heartwize donated to secondary schools;

AEDS: HOWTO FINDAND USEA DEFIBRILLATOR

Ambulancecall handler will identify the location of any nearby defibrillator and provide the key code if in a locked cabinet.

• SWITCHON. Listen to simple verbal instructions.

• ATTACH STICKY PADSTO BARECHEST Cut clothes if needed (scissors provided in pack).

• AED calls a pause inCPR to analyse heart rhythm to see if ‘shockable’

• AED may instruct you to PRESS THE FLASHING SHOCK BUTTON.

AFTERA SHOCK don’t expect instant recovery:

• Continue CPR and watch for recovery

• After 2 mins theAED calls a pause to check if 2nd shock needed.

• Repeat CPR/shock cycle, share effort if help available.

• Don’t stop unless recovery seen, help arrives, or you become fatigued

• King Power used as venue for school staff training, several half-time pitchside CPR / AED demos and public awareness opportunities reaching over 100.000 members of the public;

• Alan Birchenall's support for Heartwize predated his own survival from cardiac arrest - a very visible triumph of immediate action to save a life! Alan's willingness to join us in schools occasionally is a powerful message;

• Generous donations helping create a generation of young lifesavers (>53,000 pupils trained);

• Current plans to add Heartwize training in Leicester's Premier Kicks youth football programme.

Our programme like so many others was stalled by Covid-19 but we are now returning to schools across the area. The focus is to form sustainable Heartwize volunteer panels for as many schools as we can reach. We seek just a small annual commitment from those with resuscitation skills to pass on to teenage pupils. Are you CPR trained and could you offer a few half days per year to join (or form) Heartwize training at your local secondary school?

For further information or to offer help please Call 01455 687993