British Heart Foundation Helps Teach Weybridge Amazon Drivers Lifesaving CPR
Lifesaving Training For Weybridge Parcel Drivers
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) today announced that it is helping to train drivers who deliver parcels to Amazon customers across Weybridge in lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), so that they can respond to emergencies when out on the road.
The BHF is working in partnership with Amazon and more than 100 independent delivery companies across the UK, to offer the free training to thousands of drivers.
The BHF has trained Amazon instructors at the Weybridge Delivery Station in CPR and they will pass on their new skills to drivers during 30 minute CPR training sessions.
Every year in the UK, there are up to 30,000 cardiac arrests outside of a hospital setting. However, the survival rate is less than one in ten. For every minute that passes without CPR or defibrillation, the chance of survival reduces by up to 10%.
In some instances, CPR can more than double a person’s chances of survival, with research suggesting that survival rates are up to 25% in some parts of Europe where CPR is widely taught.
About The British Heart Foundation
One in four of us in the UK and one in three globally die from heart and circulatory diseases. That’s why the British Heart Foundation funds world-leading research into their causes, prevention, treatment and cure.
Advances from our research have saved and improved millions of lives, but heart diseases, stroke, vascular dementia and their risk factors such as diabetes still cause heartbreak on every street.
With the public’s support, our funding will drive the new discoveries to end that heartbreak. Find out more at bhf.org.uk
Jacob West, Director of Healthcare Innovation at the British Heart Foundation, said: “CPR is a lifesaving skill that only takes 30 minutes to learn. Unfortunately, in the UK there are far too many people dying of a cardiac arrest, often because people don’t have the skills or confidence to perform CPR. It’s vital that CPR training reaches as many people as possible.
“Drivers deliver Amazon orders to millions of people across the UK every year. This unique partnership will mean we put potential lifesavers on to every street in the UK. A cardiac arrest can happen anywhere to anyone, but more lives can be saved thanks to Amazon’s commitment to training drivers of more than 100 independent delivery companies.”
Kerry-Anne Lawlor, Country Director of Amazon Logistics, added: “We regularly see examples where drivers delivering Amazon parcels for our delivery service partners act selflessly when out on their routes to help others. We are delighted to work with the British Heart Foundation to be able to offer drivers lifesaving CPR training to respond in emergency situations.”
Arranging CPR Training With British Heart Foundation
For more information on how to arrange CPR training, visit:
bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/health-at-work/what-we-offer/cpr-training
Helping British Help Foundation Through Amazon
Last year, the BHF worked with Amazon to enable furniture, electrical items or money to be donated to the charity through the British Heart Foundation skill for Alexa.
British Heart Foundation is also available on AmazonSmile, where customers can support their favourite charitable organisation every time they start their shopping at smile.amazon.co.uk, at no cost to them.
When customers shop directly at smile.amazon.co.uk, they’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as amazon.co.uk, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the price of eligible purchases to the charity of the customer’s choice.
