Year 10 & 11 students step up with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to learn how to “restart” a heart
Our Year 10 and Year 11 Health & Social Care and Child Development students joined thousands of young people across the region in the annual Restart a Heart Day campaign, delivered by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Under the guidance of trained paramedics and volunteers, our students rolled up their sleeves and learned hands-only CPR — practising chest compressions and finding out what to do if someone suffers a cardiac arrest.
This isn’t just another school activity. It’s real-life skills. In fact:
- Over 30,000 people in the UK suffer a cardiac arrest outside hospital each year.
- Currently, fewer than 1 in 10 of those survive.
- Every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces the person’s chance of survival by about 10%.
- Around 80% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home — which means they’re far more likely to affect someone you know, in your own community.
- When a defibrillator is used early, and when bystander CPR is given, survival chances can double or even triple.
By taking part in this campaign, our students have done more than just attend a session — they’ve equipped themselves with the knowledge and confidence to act in a crisis. These are the key themes they’re already exploring in their Health & Social Care and Child Development studies: community responsibility, rapid response, and caring for others.
Our huge thanks to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service for delivering this session — and congratulations to our students for stepping up and becoming prepared to make a difference when it matters most.
