"If you're worried about the kiss of life just forget it and push hard and fast in the centre of the chest to Stayin' Alive" according to Vinnie Jones, Footballer/Hardman/Movie Star and now front man of the British Heart Foundation's newest TV campaign to promote compression only CPR.
A poll conducted across the UK and involving 2,000 respondents showed nearly half were put off from performing CPR because of a lack of knowledge, a fifth worried specifically about the thought of the kiss of life or about contracting an infectious disease. Four in 10 people were worried about being sued if they did something wrong.
Thirty thousand people have a cardiac arrest in the UK every single year and half of those are witnessed, but in most cases no-one acts, no-one knows what to do and people panic.
The first thing to do would be to dial 999, and despite the advert giving the everyday 'have a go hero' the confidence to try and assist, the only way to be absolutely certain of your actions is to be properly trained.
First Rate Training offer a range of First Aid courses specifically designed to help you effectively assist a casualty, for more information call us on 0845 525249.
