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Basic Life Support to reach communities and organisations across the UK
RCUK has created the innovative Basic Life Support Instructor course (BLSi), which provides a firm knowledge foundation for the delivery of Basic Life Support (BLS) training.
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President of Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) receives MBE in King’s inaugural New Year Honours List
Professor Andy Lockey, President of RCUK has received an MBE in King Charles III’s inaugural New Year Honours List.
Professor Lockey has led the Resuscitation Council UK’s ‘Restart a Heart’ initiative since its inception in 2016.
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RCUK partners with Oti Mabuse to increase awareness of CPR
Oti Mabuse, the Strictly Come Dancing star, has created a new TikTok dance to increase awareness about performing CPR. The pro dancer partnered with Resuscitation Council UK to record new moves to Olly Murs’ hit classic 'Heart Skips a Beat'.
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Leading heart health charities and UK Ambulance Services join forces to raise awareness of the importance of CPR training.
Resuscitation Council UK, together with St John Ambulance, the British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, UK Ambulance Services and other charitable organisations, are committed to ensuring that everyone has the skills to save a life. They are urging people to take part in the Restart a Heart campaign, to establish confident lifesavers across the UK – currently survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are less than one in ten.
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