Restart a Heart Day is the annual day of action that focuses on teaching CPR, around the world. 

The day's aim is to help teach as many people as possible the vital life-saving skill of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Last Year's Restart a Heart Day

Last year, the defibshop team partnered with North West Ambulance Service at intu Trafford Centre to share our life-saving skills with members of the public.

After spending just one day at intu Trafford Centre, we successfully trained 706 people in effective CPR and defibrillation.

This Year's Plans and Results

Led by the Resuscitation Council (UK), The British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, St John Ambulance, and Yorkshire Ambulance Service are partnering up to help raise awareness and improve the low numbers of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Organisations across the world will be coming together to increase awareness and increase the number of people trained in CPR.

Similarly to last year, the defibshop team will be spending the day at intu Trafford Centre with North West Ambulance Service to help teach more people how to restart a heart. We'll also be sharing our defibrillation skills too.

Outside Vodafone from 10am until 10pm, our team successfully trained 702 people in effective CPR and defibrillator use.

Importance of CPR

Alongside defibrillation, effective CPR is the only definitive treatment for victims of cardiac arrest. Performing CPR on a ratio of 2 rescue breaths to 30 chest compressions helps keep the victim's heart in a shockable rhythm. The shock from the defibrillator stops the heart, allowing the victim's natural pacemaker to take over and restart the heart in a regular rhythm.

Just 22% of people in the UK feel confident performing CPR on a stranger. In the UK alone, the Ambulance Services attempt resuscitation in around 30,000 OHCA cases, annually. For every minute treatment is delayed, the victim's survival chance decreases by 10%. Delivering treatment within 3-5 minutes of them collapsing significantly increases their survival chance from 6% to 74%.

Without immediate treatment, 90-95% of cardiac arrests are fatal. Delivering the definitive treatment swiftly naturally increases the victim's chance of survival.

Life-Saving Skill

Learning how to restart a heart could lead to you saving a life. Ensure you and your staff can restart a heart by booking onto a training course.

defibshop are committed to equipping everyone with the skills and knowledge to save a life. Speak to one of our Product Specialists on 0161 776 7422 or fill out our Contact Form.