Early day motion · EDM 387 · 22 Oct 2014

NATION OF LIFESAVERS CAMPAIGN

Tabled by Sir Alan Meale (Labour) 40 signatures

The motion

That this House is aware that every year in the UK approximately 30,000 cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital environment, 80 per cent of which happen in people's homes, with only one in 10 of recipients surviving to be later discharged from a hospital; commends the British Heart Foundation's National Lifesavers Campaign which aims to train people, especially amongst the young, in life-saving (CPR) skills; and calls on the Government to give this organisation its full support and to take action to encourage schools to include such learning as part of all children's education.

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