Official Site of the Clarets · May 8, 2019
Burnley FC Support "Saving Lives"
If someone collapsed and stopped breathing in front of you, would you know what to do?
Burnley Football Club has teamed up with North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to show match goers how easy it is to save the life of someone in cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest is the most extreme emergency and happens when the heart stops pumping blood around the body. If someone has a cardiac arrest, they will lose consciousness almost at once and there are no other signs of life.
In the UK alone, around 30,000 cardiac arrests occur out of hospital each year
80 percent occur in the home
20 percent occur in public places
Every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces chances of survival by up to 10 percent