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Tick_stroke Case study: Bernie - "We count our lucky stars every day that Leo came back to us"

You never expect your world to change in a single moment - but at 02:30 on the morning of Sunday 27 July, theirs did. Bernie woke to find her baby gasping for air. She shook her partner awake in panic, telling him that “Leo wasn’t breathing properly”, and within seconds he turned blue and stopped breathing in their arms. 

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Tick_stroke RCUK publishes new resource to support people after cardiac arrest

Resuscitation Council UK in partnership with Save a Life Cymru, has published a new discharge resource to support people recovering from cardiac arrest, along with their families and friends.

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Tick_stroke RCUK President honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Heart Association

Professor Gavin Perkins MBE, President of the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK), has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA). 

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Tick_stroke Updated AED guidance empowers communities to save lives

This refreshed resource supports national efforts to improve access to defibrillators and provides practical guidance for anyone responsible for a device in their community. It has been designed to help individuals, communities, and organisations ensure that their device is installed, maintained, and emergency rescue ready. 

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