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Ahead of Restart a Heart Day (Monday 16 October) St John Ambulance is running interactive cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) demonstrations in local communities and also launching its mission to build more resilient communities by launching three key actions – “Phone, Push, Press” – to help people feel confident to use a defibrillator to increase cardiac arrest survival rates.

A cardiac arrest is a medical emergency where the heart has effectively stopped beating. In this situation every second counts. But in a life-or-death situation, especially if trying to save a loved one, adrenaline surges are common, and can cause someone to panic if they don’t feel confident or don’t know how to help.

In order to increase public awareness of the importance of delivering prompt CPR and deploying a defibrillator, St John Ambulance is running events in communities across England throughout October as part of Restart a Heart Day - a national awareness campaign led by the Resuscitation Council UK which aims to create more lifesavers by teaching CPR and defibrillator awareness

Phone, Push, Press: St John Ambulance launches three key actions ahead of Restart a Heart Day 2023