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  1. Case Study: Karl - "Luckily when I had my sudden cardiac arrest, my wife was with me"

    … when there is blockage of an artery that supplies blood to the heart. This causes a lack of oxygen supply and symptoms like chest pain, but the heart usually keeps beating. By contrast, a cardiac arrest means that the heart stops beating. After waiting a week for an …

  2. Resuscitation Council UK launches landmark report to address inequalities in resuscitation

  3. Case Study: Michelle - "A cardiac arrest can even happen to a marathon runner"

    … 2019 when she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Despite training for several months and having taken part in a large … that it was an emergency situation and she required CPR. Luckily, Michelle collapsed near a group of runners who were nurses. Those nearby began performing CPR and asked others to locate the nearest defibrillator. Her …

  4. Case Study: Neil - "I would have likely died if my son hadn’t have been there"

  5. Resuscitation Council UK launches landmark report to address inequalities in resuscitation

    Resuscitation Council UK has launched a landmark report - Every second counts: Tackling inequalities in resuscitation. The report warns that socio-economic deprivation, a person’s ethnicity, or cultural background, shouldn’t determine whether a person is more or less likely to survive a cardiac arrest.

  6. RCUK Statement on 'Appropriate release of medical colleagues for the purposes of carrying out work for the wider health system'

  7. The CPR Superhero at Home

    In August, dad James Franklin, 45, had to perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) on mum Emma, 44, when she collapsed from a sudden cardiac arrest at their home in Southampton.  Now their eight-year-old Sonner has invented a new superhero after his dad helped save his mum’s life – CPR Man. Read their story and find out why CPR matters to them. 

  8. Are you connected to The Circuit?

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  9. Quality Standards

    Standards - including minimum equipment and drug lists - for healthcare organisations to follow to provide a high-quality resuscitation service.

  10. Are you an RCUK Instructor?

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