Save life by hands-only CPR
Untrained bystanders should give the kiss a miss during
CPR and concentrate on giving just chest compressions to the beat
of Stayin' Alive
The British
Heart Foundation has become the first organisation in the UK to
actively promote Hands-only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR). A UK-wide survey in 2011 showed that nearly half of
people are put off helping 
because of a lack of knowledge about CPR.
A fifth of
respondents worried specifically about the thought of the kiss of
life or catching an infectious disease.
Hands-only CPR
should give lots of people the confidence and
know-how to help save someone in cardiac
arrest. Humming the Bee Gees classic
Stayin’ Alive will help get the tempo of chest
compressions right.
No more kissing - just hard and fast hands-only CPR
Around 30,000
people go into cardiac arrest each year in the UK. Without any CPR
there is very little chance of them surviving. It’s been shown that
hard, fast and uninterrupted chest compressions
are better than stopping for ineffective rescue breaths.
How to save someone's life
So if somebody goes into cardiac arrest at work, on
your journey to/from work or at any other time, you should:
- Call 999
- Push hard and fast in the centre
of the chest to the tempo of Stayin’
Alive
Learn more
- Read
more about hands-only CPR
- Watch our video with Vinnie Jones
below