Great Western Heartstarters

SPCC Christian chairs The International Critical Care Paramedic Group. On Thursday 30 Jan, he'll be introducing the International Critical Care Paramedic Symposium, with talks from international speakers, including SPCCs James and Callum. More info - theiccpg.org

Last December, GWAAC attended @LDN_TC. Dr Emma, who spent a year as an 80/20 Clinical Fellow with @GWHearts, presented our defib work to an international audience. She was joined by Critical Care Doctor Chris. Emma's presentation got 2nd place in the Stand up Science evening.💪

Can you help us teach CPR? If you're Basic Life Support trained, you could help @GWHearts teach the vital skills of CPR and defibrillation at events, schools and more. Find out more: greatwesternairambulance.com/support-us/vol…

FREE CPR TRAINING DAY 🫀 PLUS COMPLIMENTARY BEER FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS

We're recruiting for a new Specialist Practitioner in Critical Care. The role is open to those who are already qualified and working in a UK HEMS team as well as trainees. You can find out more about the role by visiting our website: greatwesternairambulance.com/what-we-do/cli…

We appeared on @BBCGlos yesterday during @nickyprice's radio show! The interview took place during one of our @GWHearts CPR Programme sessions at the Crypt School and saw us and students interviewed. You can listen at approximately 1.15 and 1.27 here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

We're lucky to have some amazing ambassadors for our @GWHearts defibrillator programme. One ambassador is Simon. He has gone to extraordinary lengths to place more defibs in his community. We share a vision and together, we are saving lives. Read more: greatwesternairambulance.com/great-western-…

Over the #12DaysOfChristmas, we are reflecting on our 2023. In August, we had the opportunity to teach the Bristol Bears squad the lifesaving skills of CPR and defibrillation. Our crew and @GWHearts volunteers were in attendance and helped add to a fun, yet important day.

Last month members of our Critical Care Team joined our Heartstarters volunteers to teach CPR and defibrillation to students at Patchway Communty School. Strengthening the chain of survival and training the next generation of lifesavers. @PatchwayC_S

Our Heartstarters #volunteers enrich our @GWHearts #CPR sessions in so many ways - could you help us teach members of the community what to do in the event of a cardiac arrest?

Great to hear our CEO @annap215 appear on Greatest Hits Radio News yesterday, discussing the importance of CPR and defibrillation after a recent study found 61% of people do not feel confident to use a defibrillator. You can hear Anna from around the six minute mark.

On Sunday, we welcomed our amazing volunteers to our Almondsbury base for our third Volunteer Conference. The informative day included sessions with Pilot Jim, SPCC Fleur, Assistant Medical Director Andrew and CEO Anna. Find out more about volunteering: greatwesternairambulance.com/volunteer/

This #WorldTraumaDay our Heartstarters volunteers are alongside our colleagues at Avon & Somerset Police in Chipping Sodbury teaching, pupils how to respond to a knife injury through the Blunt Truth programme. @ASPolice @CSSSch @GWHearts

Today is #RestartAHeartDay! 💚📷 Our crew are attending Patchway Community School to deliver @GWHearts sessions to their Year 7 students. This teaches them the vital skills of CPR and defibrillation.

Great Western Air Ambulance delivering CPR and Defibrillator training for all students in Yr 12 this week @GWAAC

Today, we welcomed the excellent @GWAAC into school to teach our children CPR. Our children had a great time and were able to learn valuable skills. They will happily visit schools in our area. Contact them today and let's empower our community.

Yesterday, we unveiled a new defibrillator cabinet at our Glouceseter Shop alongside the Sam Polledri Foundation. To commemorate the occasion, we also held a @GWHearts session outside to teach CPR and defibrillation to passers-by!

We have set ourselves the ambitious target to teach 10,000 people how to help someone in cardiac arrest in the 2023-2024 academic year. We can only do this with the support of our amazing @GWHearts volunteers. If you'd like to help us, find out more: greatwesternairambulance.com/support-us/hea…

In the 2022-2023 academic year our @GWHearts programme taught a record 9,387 people how to help someone in cardiac arrest and/or how to help someone with a stab wound. Thank you to everyone that hosted us, as well as our amazing volunteers for making this possible! 💚💙