AW GROUP – CPR TRAINING
CPR Training – Could you “Restart a heart?”
More than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen every year in the UK, less than 1 in 10 people survive. Early CPR and defibrillation can more than double the chances of survival! For every minute without CPR and defibrillation, the chance of survival reduces by up to 10%.
Across the UK, 8 in 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home. Would you know how to protect your family? Many of us are spending longer hours away from home, certainly working within the rail & construction industry is not a “9-5” job, and often we are working in remote locations.
Whilst many of our staff have First Aid training it’s always good to have a quick refresher on certain elements of First Aid, whether that’s in the workplace or at home.
Today, we were delighted to have been visited by Air Ambulance Kent Sussex Surrey who spent some time at our HQ here in Folkestone delivering a refresher session in the actions of CPR and how to use a defibrillator.
We’d like to thank Alex Redwood and Allan McHenry for their support in delivering the sessions to our staff across both rail and construction. Everyone found it very useful, and it raised some very interesting questions on how and when to perform CPR .
Learn CPR, act fast, save lives…is certainly filtering down through the ages, and it was encouraging to see the number of children that have been involved in the Restart a Heart campaign in 2023 and the dramatic increase into 2024.
Community apps like GoodSam are now being more proactively promoted and we can see this as a useful addition to our staff to carry on their phones and potentially save a life locally to wherever they are at work or at home.
If you have reservations about using a defibrillator then all we can say is don’t! They have been designed to make their use simplistic, with step by step spoken instructions to guide you through the application and use.
Want to be a lifesaver? The opportunity to learn CPR is in your hands, you never know whose life you might save!
AW Group is a multi-disciplined construction company providing a broad range of support and manpower across building and rail projects.
Our Fields are:
AW Construction – We offer an outstanding UK-wide fit out service, taking care of everything from scheduling rollouts & ordering materials to assistance with design and onsite delivery
AW Rail – We use the very best labour force and a proactive approach to deliver first-class construction and maintenance projects across the rail industry
AW Labour – We provide a high-calibre blue collar and white-collar workforce with a diverse range of skills, to support the construction and rail industries