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READY, STEADY, GO! Bring your chariot of fire to raise money funding CPR and defibrillator training
suffered a cardiac arrest – quickly taking advanced critical care skills to the patient, wherever they find themselves in distress – survival rates from these incidents are low. Currently, the statistics indicate just one in ten victims survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK. Early CPR from a bystander could make a huge difference, as well as a shock from a defibrillator. This starts the chain of survival and can help save a life. Through the Chariots of Fire partnership, EAAA hopes to raise vital funds towards a £97,500 target. This will support a three-year project to teach more people in Cambridgeshire these crucial skills, so when EAAA crews arrive at a cardiac arrest in the future, the patient has a fighting chance. If you, or someone you know, could put in a team and raise funds for this project, get signed up while places are available. Six people, raising a suggested £50 per person, can aid EAAA’s life-saving training (tickets cost £25 each), and taking part is great fun! Visit eaaa.org.uk or chariots-of-fire.co.uk for more information and to sign up.
s things start to regain a hint of normality, Cambridge’s iconic Chariots of Fire relay race is back, planned for
Sunday 19 September. And this year, the race will support East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA), Bright Publishing’s chosen charity for the year. Starting and finishing at Queens’ Green, the 1.7 mile relay race takes place around some of Cambridge’s university colleges. Teams of six compete, raising funds for a worthy local cause. This year, the money raised is going to help EAAA’s CPR and defibrillator training work – for community groups, schools and workplaces. Although it may seem separate to the emergency care EAAA’s medical teams and yellow helicopters are there to provide, EAAA is also passionate about increasing the number of local people trained in these vital, life-saving skills. Visiting the EAAA’s Cambridge base in early 2020, we learned that cardiac arrests are the charity’s biggest call out, even eclipsing road traffic collisions. While the EAAA teams can do an enormous amount for patients who have
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