***PHOTOCALL*** Big hearted schools sign up for life saving lesson on Restart a Heart Day

10.15am - Sacred Heart School, Mersey Road, Redcar, TS10 1PJ

OR

1.15pm - Churchill Community College, Martin Road, Wallsend, NE28 0AG

Tuesday, 18 October

Opportunity to photograph/film children being trained by representatives from North East Ambulance Service (NEAS)

There will also be an opportunity to interview children and representatives from NEAS and the schools.

Please confirm your attendance by calling the NEAS press office on 0191 430 2099 (07969 195069 out of hours) or email publicrelations@neas.nhs.uk

Background:

Hundreds of school children will be given a life-saving lesson by North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) staff and volunteers on Restart a Heart Day.

On Tuesday, 18 October, a total of 27 schools from up and down the North East will be taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in what will be the biggest event of its kind ever seen in the world.

For the first time this year, all of the UK’s 13 ambulance trusts will be working in partnership to hold simultaneous CPR training events to mark Restart a Heart Day 2016.

Full story here:
https://www.neas.nhs.uk/news/2016/october/14/big-hearted-schools-sign-up-for-life-saving-lesson-on-restart-a-heart-day.aspx