@streetdoctors Change lives by giving young people the knowledge and confidence to deliver emergency life-saving skills

How it all started...

Becoming a national charity

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Violence is a disease Exposure to violence as a child makes them more likely to be involved in violence as an adolescent and an adult Violence strongly correlates to inequality Violence impacts on mental well being, quality of life, prevents people using outside space, public transport etc. Violence prevention is critical in tackling other public health issues.

A&E Admission Data 133,896 attendances to A&E due to assault (71% male) 28,992 admissions 47% of all admissions for year olds due to assault 1 in 8 of these involve a knife or other sharp object

Our teaching We deliver two teaching modules: 1.What to do when someone is bleeding 2.What to do when someone is unconscious Our teaching is simple, practical and interactive We aim to equip young people with life-saving skills and increase their confidence We actively encourage discussions within our sessions about attitudes to violence and share the medical consequences of violent injury

Number of young people attending sessions across the UK

2015 in numbers 1968 young people taught across 324 teaching sessions in collaboration with 101 different delivery partners taught by Over 300 volunteers working in 16 teams who are present in 12 cities across England

Collaborating with YOTs in 2015 Worked with 28 of YOT centres in 6 out of 10 regions 151 sessions delivered 440 young people taught 732 total attendances

Evidence of Impact on Young People 93% agreed they understood the consequences of violence 89% agreed they knew what to do when someone is bleeding or unconscious 85% said they would be willing and able to act if first aid was needed

Feedback from young people: ‘Thank you for today...you've really inspired me...because of what happened to my dad...you've inspired me to save lives...like you were saying about being able to teach other people this stuff...I want to do that...’ Young man after a session in HMP Feltham Young Offender Institute ‘Letting someone die by not helping isn't worth it over some rivalry’ One young person talking to another during a session in Liverpool

Case Studies We know of EIGHT cases where young people have acted in a medical emergency following a StreetDoctors session. For example: One young man delivered CPR to his uncle who survived an out of hospital cardiac arrest One young man in a youth offender institute found a fellow inmate collapsed and put him into the recovery position Five young people have assisted after a stabbing One young person helped at the scene of a road traffic accident

Evaluation Standards

Feedback from delivery partners ‘People have never been enthusiastic about learning first aid before...but the feedback I've been getting is really positive. Whatever it is that you're doing is working. Young people are buzzing when they come out of the sessions and that probably wouldn't be the case if we'd got [another organisation] to do it’ Deputy head of Birmingham Youth Service

Feedback from volunteers ‘Before going through “A – ALERT” we asked what they'd do if they saw someone bleeding. One girl said that it depended who it was - if it was a stranger she'd call an ambulance and leave but if it was someone she knew she'd call an ambulance and apply pressure. By the end of the session she said wouldn't want someone's death on her conscience and she'd help anyone. She was getting quite passionate about this at the end and was trying to persuade others to help strangers.’ Volunteer reflection after a session in Birmingham

Stepwise Peer Education First aid accreditation Healthcare careers Mentoring

Recognition

Barnsley| Birmingham East| Birmingham South| Bradford| Camden| County Durham| Enfield |Feltham| Hackney| Harrow | HMP Liverpool| Islington| Kirklees| Lambeth| Leeds| Newcastle| Newham| Salford| Southwark| Stockport| Wakefield| Wavertree| Wetherby|

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