University of Worcester students finish CPR marathon

Students at the University at Worcester have finished their 24-hour CPR marathon.

The annual event got underway Monday morning at 9am, those in attendance beginning the life saving skill on one of the mannequins.

Arranged by members of the Paramedic Society (Parasoc), it aims to highlight the importance of CPR, with this year also focussing on defibrillators.

Elise Faragher is the chair of the Paramedic Society, she says learning how to do CPR is vital and they are proud they have hosted the event for another year.

"We've added in this year the fact we are teaching people how to use community defibrillators," she said.

"It (CPR) is first port of call for you to do if you find someone on the street unresponsive, that's the best thing that you can do for them."

Student paramedic Amy Shadbolt has been working for the last two years to deliver more accessible defibrillators across the area.

She believes by including a focus on the piece of equipment in this year's event it will help create an opportunity to deliver more into the community.

"It started off with a defib at our nearby Co-op," she said.

"Since then we've donated a defib to a riding school and a church and it's just getting more of them accessible to the community to use and teaching them how to use it which will hopefully then have an impact."

Last year’s event raised almost £1,000 with the chosen charities this time around being Midlands Air Ambulance and Heartstart Malvern.

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