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No Time To Wait Or Hesitate – when a heart stops, you cannot afford to do the same - being PREPARED is KEY!

No Time To Wait Or Hesitate – when a heart stops, you cannot afford to do the same - being PREPARED is KEY!

Posted: Sat, 31 Dec 2022

(Thanks to Siobhan at Market Harborough Town FC, Leicestershire for sharing her personal account from this summer when a young person's heart stopped whilst playing football and the emergency actions taken by bystanders which helped to save his life).... Read More »

Tags: AEDs, Bystander intervention saves lives, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe sport, Joes Mini Heartstart for sports clubs lifesaving training, every second counts, skills for life

Leicestershire boaters on board to create a heartsafe community with support from JHMT

Leicestershire boaters on board to create a heartsafe community with support from JHMT

Posted: Tue, 22 Feb 2022

BOATERS in Sileby marina on the South Navigation in Charnwood, Leicestershire have successfully funded and launched a public accessible defibrillator (PAD) for the local boating community as well as for dog walkers, fishermen and those taking a leisurely... Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPR, Charnwood, Heartsafe Community, Leicester, Leicestershire, PADS, Partnerships, SADS, Skills for LIFE, chain of survival, charity

SADS Week 2021 – SADS in Sport Talk – to Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) students - Loughborough College

SADS Week 2021 – SADS in Sport Talk – to Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) students - Loughborough College

Posted: Sat, 09 Oct 2021

Forewarned is Forearmed: Harshil Dhutia, Consultant Cardiologist, Glenfield Hospital UHL, Medical lead for JHMT delivered the annual SADS in Sport Talk to young students on the Sport England, Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)/Dual Career programme at Loughborough College.

The talk focused on the underlying heart conditions like SADS that can effect athletes and those who participate in high level and regular sport and physical activities in the community.
This was then followed by a practical 'HANDS ON' CPR and how to use an AED session for the TASS students with JHMT's Alan White. Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPR, Community Sport, PLAY HEART-SAFE, Play Sport, SADS WEEK 21, Skills for life

Simple Skills Save Lives – JHMT Patron Martin Johnson calls for roll out of CPR training after Eriksen collapse

Simple Skills Save Lives – JHMT Patron Martin Johnson calls for roll out of CPR training after Eriksen collapse

Posted: Thu, 17 Jun 2021

World Cup-winning rugby captain describes incident as 'wake-up call'

Martin Johnson has said the terrifying collapse of Christian Eriksen should be a wake-up call to the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest and the importance of learning CPR. Read More »

Tags: 12AWeek, AED, CPR, Leicester, Leicestershire, SADSAwareness, SCA, Skills For Life, YSCD, every second counts, life matters, safer communities

UK Coaching’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest Digital Toolkit: Learn to Be Quick, Smart and Restart a Heart

UK Coaching’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest Digital Toolkit: Learn to Be Quick, Smart and Restart a Heart

Posted: Tue, 11 May 2021

Sudden Cardiac Arrest can happen to anyone, anytime, anyplace, with 60,000 people having a sudden cardiac arrest in the community every year in the UK. Sadly, only 1 in 10 survive. However, if effective action is taken within the first minute, it can treble chances of survival. Read More »

Tags: 12AWeek, AEDs, CPR, Defibrillator, Heart-safe Sports Community Sport, Joe's Mini HeartStart For Sports Clubs, SADS, Skills for Life

JHMT teams up with Leicester City in the Community - one GOAL - a heartsafe community for all

JHMT teams up with Leicester City in the Community - one GOAL - a heartsafe community for all

Posted: Thu, 21 Nov 2019

The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) is working with Leicester City in the Community to provide vital life-saving training to youth clubs

JHMT is carrying out CPR & defibrillator training at the Premier League Kick sessions run by Leicester City... Read More »

Tags: CPR, Heartsafe, Inspire, Joe's Mini Heartstart, SADS, Safer Communities, Sport, community, partnerships, skills for life

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