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Tick_stroke RCUK and GoodSAM partner to train and alert the public to provide lifesaving resuscitation to neighbours in cardiac arrest

Resuscitation Council UK have teamed up with GoodSAM, a platform used to alert people to cardiac arrests in their area, to provide vital CPR training and defibrillator awareness to increase the numbers of people available to respond to the ultimate medical emergency via their interactive and immersive award winning video learning; Lifesaver. 

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Tick_stroke GoodSAM Cardiac Responder: Samantha Sharp

“This was the first time I had attended a cardiac arrest, so I was a bit nervous, but I took a deep breath and reminded myself that someone needed me quickly. Every minute without CPR decreases the chance of survival by 10%.”

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Tick_stroke Case Study: Asad - "From the football pitch to a coma in a matter of hours"

When Asad met his work friends to play a 90 minute kickabout, he wasn’t expecting to wake up in hospital. Were it not for the presence of two hospital medics, he might not have woken up at all.

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Tick_stroke Case Study: Dave Cleland

On Saturday Feb 13, 2021, Dave had a heart attack and a week later he went into a state of cardiac arrest – the ultimate medical emergency – his heart had stopped beating.  

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