CPR Training A guide for CPR training at your school

CPR Teacher Resource This PowerPoint is designed to: Support teachers in the delivery of their Call Push Rescue training sessions. Provide more information for Head teachers, Senior Leadership Team, colleagues, parents and carers. Contain Call Push Rescue training session appendices

UK Survival Stats The Emergency Medical Services attempt to resuscitate over 30,000 people in the UK each year. Every year in the UK over 30,000 cardiac arrests occur out of hospital. That’s 30,000 opportunities to help save a life. Cardiac arrests are often witnessed by family members or friends. Without help, the person will die within minutes but effective and immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can help double the chance of survival in some cases. In the UK, less than one in ten people survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest. Yet, in Norway, where CPR training is taught to all pupils at school, survival rates are one in four. If the UK achieved the same survival rate as Norway, we could save the lives of up to an additional 5,000 people every year.

Heart attack A heart attack is different to a cardiac arrest. In very simple terms a heart attack is a problem with the heart’s plumbing (blood supply). It means there is a blood clot blocking a coronary artery and a result part of the heart muscle has an inadequate blood supply. The person needs to get to hospital as quickly as possible so the blood supply to the heart muscle can be restored. What is the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? In a heart attack, an artery supplying blood to the heart muscle becomes blocked. This starves part of the heart muscle usually causing pain in the chest – but the person is usually conscious and breathing.

Cardiac Arrest A heart attack is the most common cause of a cardiac arrest. In other words the plumbing problem can cause an electrical problem. A cardiac arrest is a catastrophic problem with the heart’s electrical system (heart rhythm). It means the heart has stopped beating and the person is not breathing or is not breathing normally. The person will die within minutes without immediate help. If a heart attack causes significant muscle damage, it can also lead to damage of the heart’s electrics and result in a cardiac arrest. In a cardiac arrest, a person’s heart goes into a life threatening rhythm and stops pumping blood around their body and to their brain. It causes the person to fall unconscious and stop breathing, or stop breathing normally. Without appropriate help immediately, cardiac arrest is fatal.

Heart attack vs cardiac arrest Watch this animation to learn more about the difference between the two

Did you know… 80% of out of hospital cardiac arrests happen in the home. 20% occur in public places. That’s why it’s important to learn CPR as one day you might need it to help save the life of someone you love. 80% of out of hospital cardiac arrests happen at home and therefore, are often witnessed by family members or friends. That’s why it’s important to learn CPR as one day you might need it to help save the life of someone you love.

A nation of life savers The British Heart Foundation has a vision of a nation of life savers – where everyone has the skills needed to save a life. We can save lives by: increasing the survival rates from out of hospital cardiac arrests increasing the rate of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Creating a nation of life savers The Call Push Rescue Training Kit includes everything needed to deliver CPR training: It’s simple and interactive It uses an innovative ‘watch and learn’ model of CPR training It allows you to practise with an instructional DVD using inflatable manikins These is no instructor needed There are both two session and one session options. We are also amongst the first schools in the UK to adopt a new model of CPR training, called Call Push Rescue. It’s an innovative ‘watch and learn’ model of CPR training. You practice along with an instructional DVD using inflatable manikins. No instructor is needed. You’ll learn life saving skills in under 30mins.

Call Push Rescue Three simple steps could mean the difference between life and death. Know it and one day you could help save a life. Learning these three simple steps really could mean the difference between life and death.

Appendices The PSHE Association accredited resources and lesson plans that accompany this PowerPoint can be used to help deliver the training in your PHSE lessons. The following appendices are referred to from the lesson plan documents.

Appendix 1 Call Push Rescue Confidence Continuum   Name: Class: Please retain this confidence continuum as we will return to it at the end of the first and second session of Call Push Rescue training. How confident do you feel that you would be able to perform CPR in an emergency situation? Please rate your level of confidence on the scale below using a different colour pen each time you are asked to answer the same question, at different points throughout your Call Push Rescue training: 1_____2_____3_____4_____5_____6_____7_____8_____9_____10    GUIDE:  1-3: My confidence is low 4-6: I am fairly confident 7-10: I am confident

Appendix 2 Call Push Rescue Quiz Please complete the quiz as directed by your teacher. TIME: 5 minutes QUIZ QUESTIONS  : When should you begin CPR? 2) Fill in the missing gaps in the sentence below: Once you have established that the casualty is not breathing, you should call for an ______________ (ambulance), and start _____ (CPR), giving _____ (30) chest compressions, followed by (2) _____ (rescue breaths). You should continue CPR until an _____________ (ambulance) arrives or someone else takes over. 3) How do you check someone is breathing? 4) What position should your hands and arms be in when beginning compressions? 5) Why is it important to try and offer rescue breaths as well as compressions if you feel able to do so?

Samantha’s story Read Samantha’s full story on the BHF website: https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/how-to-save-a-life/what-is-cpr/everyday-heroes/samantha-and-her-parents An inspirational story of Samantha Hobbs who helped save her mum’s life.

Be part of the nation of life savers Learn CPR. Become a life saver. Spread the Call Push Rescue message by telling friends and family. Order certificates and wristbands for your students to acknowledge their new skills. Become a life saver and attend one of our CPR training sessions. Spread the Call Push Rescue message by telling your friends and family. Once you complete your CPR training, you’ll be given a Call Push Rescue certificate and a wristband.

Joel’s story Joel’s story can be accessed by following this link to the BHF website https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/how-to-save-a-life/what-is-cpr/everyday-heroes/joel-sam-ben-and-rhodri   You just don’t know when you might need your life saving skills. Here is Joel’s story.

bhf.org.uk/cpr