Maritime Risk International
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation onboard a ship
Sophia Bullard, of the UK P&I Club, in association with Red Square Medical, provides some life-saving advice to crew and office-based staff alike
On 16 October 2021 it was Restart a Heart Day, when the Resuscitation Council UK, the British Heart Foundation, British Red
Cross, St John Ambulance, NHS Ambulance Service and Saving Lives for Scotland worked together to help raise awareness of cardiac
arrest and teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In 2019, prior to the pandemic, an incredible 291,000 people were trained
in CPR through Restart a Heart Day.