00:00Restart a heart day is exactly what it sounds like.
00:05It's about teaching people how to save lives through one simple technique.
00:12CPR.
00:14To start CPR, after checking to see if the victim isn't responding, breathing, after 8-10 seconds.
00:22The next step is to place the palm of your hand onto them.
00:28Lock your arms together and use your upper body strength.
00:34Start the machine down on the victim's chest.
00:38Great.
00:4020 feet per minute.
00:42Lessons were taking place at the Stour Centre in Ashford to equip visitors with a skill that could save someone's life.
00:53It's really important that members of the public understand or know how to do CPR.
00:58Well, first of all, understand and know how to recognise that someone is in cardiac arrest and what to do if they find someone in cardiac arrest.
01:05Although the ambulance service prioritises cardiac arrest patients as there are category one incidents, it's what the members of the public, family and members of the community do in the meantime whilst the ambulance is on the way that makes the biggest difference between a life loss and a life saved.
01:23I mean, from personal experience, I've been in a situation where I've had to do CPR out in public.
01:29I think if everybody can have those skills and know at least that it's okay to try your best in this situation, that actually that's all we need.
01:42Restart a Heart Day has an important meaning to healthcare workers as around 30,000 people in the UK have a sudden out of hospital cardiac arrest.
01:56I'm connected today with Amber as a lovely foundation to do some CPR training.
02:06I'm luckily already know a little bit about CPR, but I found today as kind of like a really helpful refresher.
02:16Medical staff are hoping that the public take these lessons to heart.
02:24Henry Luck for Kane TV in Ashford.
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