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Nottingham Emergency Department experts hope to teach 1,000 people to save lives

Staff from the Children’s Emergency Department at Nottingham University Hospitals are hoping to teach up to 1,000 adults and children to save a life at Wollaton Park on 1 September 2018.

The team, who are based at the Queen’s Medical Centre are hosting a CPR Teachathon and Family Fun Day at Wollaton Park, where visitors will be taught to administer the life-saving technique. CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation – is a first aid technique that can be vital in keeping people alive.

Kerry Dexter, Junior Sister in Children’s Emergency Department said: “We are hoping to teach effective CPR out in the community as statistics show that the chances of survival from cardiac arrest are greatly increased if CPR is started pre-hospital.”

The East Midlands Ambulance service reported earlier in the year that they receive around 50 calls for cardiac arrests each day and nationally around 28,000 cardiac arrests happen outside of hospital each year, according to British Heart Foundation.

Kerry added: “We feel the CPR Teachathon plays an important role in educating and informing people and building confidence in members of the public. Last year over 600 people attended and we are hoping this year will be even bigger and better.”

The free event takes place from 10am to 4pm, and people of all ages can learn how to carry out CPR on adults, children and babies. Other activities on the day will include a bouncy castle and face painting, as well as visits from Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, East Midlands Ambulance Service, St John Ambulance and other health teams from Nottingham’s hospitals and across the community.

This is the second year the Children’s Emergency Department (ED) has held the CPR Teachathon in Nottingham, and around 30 ED staff will be there on the day to help demonstrate how to carry out effective CPR, as well as how to deal with child and adult choking.

Dominique Hughes, Staff Nurse in the Children’s Emergency Department, who has helped organise the CPR Teachathon said: “Last year we taught around 600 children and adults effective CPR, so this year we want to take that to 1,000. The feedback from last year’s event was extremely positive, and we were so pleased to be able to teach these important life-saving skills to so many children and adults.

“We’d like to encourage everyone to come along on the day – it’s a free, fun day out for the family, and you will also learn something that could one day save the life of a loved one.”

There will be a small charge for some activities, with proceeds going to Nottingham Hospitals Charity, to support patients at Nottingham’s hospitals.

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