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Cardiac arrest survivor Sam Mangoro smiling to camera

Tick_stroke Case Study: Sam - "When I woke up in hospital, I was told how fortunate I was"

It should have been a normal PE lesson during a normal school day for Sam Mangoro. He was doing a basketball warm-up and remembers lining up for the next drill when he suddenly collapsed. Sam had suffered a cardiac arrest and the next thing he remembers is waking up in Southampton General Hospital.

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Nina and her husband, Jon, pictured with the ambulance and air ambulance crews who treated her.

Tick_stroke Case Study: Nina - "My first memory was someone saying I’d had a cardiac arrest"

On a Friday evening in February 2023, Nina Wallace, 63, and her husband Jon, 67, were watching Happy Valley at home in Warsash. Married for nearly 40 years, they had no idea their evening was about to take a dramatic turn.

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school children sitting in school gymnasium learning about CPR

Tick_stroke Case Study: Salendine Nook High School - "Witnessing the pupils’ confidence with CPR was reassuring"

In 2024, students from Salendine Nook High School Academy took part in Restart a Heart - an annual worldwide CPR training initiative held every October. Now, the school is gearing up to give CPR knowledge to even more students.

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Four people smiling in red tshirts with the Heartstart Malvern logo.

Tick_stroke Case study: Heartstart Malvern - empowering pupils with lifesaving CPR skills

A small charity in Worcestershire is making a big difference when it comes to equipping young people with lifesaving skills. Since launching in 2017, Heartstart Malvern has provided free CPR training to nearly 6,500 people, including hundreds of school children across the local area.

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