28/08/2025
💡Did you know?
Nearly half of UK adults (43 per cent) have NEVER learnt CPR, according to new figures carried out by a survey on behalf of The British Heart Foundation.
With around 80 per cent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happening in the home, you’re more likely to perform CPR on a loved one.
The survey also suggests an alarming number of UK households don't have anyone who knows how to perform CPR.
Of those respondents who answered that they hadn’t learnt CPR, nearly three fifths (58 per cent) said that no-one in their household had learnt the lifesaving skill either.
There are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in the UK; Unfortunately, less than one in ten people will survive.
Performing quick CPR and defibrillation in the event of a cardiac arrest can be the difference between life and death.
The survey also found generational and geographical differences in CPR awareness:
• Gen Z (age 16-26) is the generation best trained in CPR, with 67 per cent having learnt, compared to 51 per cent of the baby boomer (age 59-77) generation and 52 per cent of the Gen X generation (age 43-58).
• Almost nine in 10 (89 per cent) Brits believe that learning CPR is important, and yet only 40 per cent of respondents could pick the correct first step of CPR – making sure it’s safe to approach and checking for a response from an unconscious person.
• Northern Ireland is the best trained part of the UK, with 74 per cent of respondents saying they have learnt CPR.
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