‘Restart a Heart Month’ is a national campaign to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and to encourage people to learn CPR. Hoople Training proudly used their expertise to support the initiative by providing opportunities for the public to learn CPR, free of charge, throughout October.
The team kicked off with a CPR drop-in afternoon at Hoople’s Auxilium House offices, where representatives from local businesses, Hoople colleagues, and a group of students from Herefordshire College, came along to learn vital life-saving skills, including how to locate and use a defibrillator.
Later that day, the team attended the Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat School’s Careers Evening, where pupils and parents were given the opportunity to try out CPR and have a go at the 100 chest compressions in a minute challenge.
To round off the month, the team spent the day at Maylord Orchards, in Hereford city centre, to encourage shoppers to have go at learning life-saving techniques. As it was half term, many of those having a go at CPR were children and the team were impressed by how quickly they picked up these vital skills.
Well done to the team for their dedication and hard work in supporting this important campaign, helping to create potential life-savers across the community.