Saturday, April 26, 2025

Business embraces Restart a Heart Day with Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance

Staff from GXO received crucial life-saving skills today as part of the annual Restart a Heart Day.

Crew from Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance (LNAA) visited GXO’s Newark branch to conduct workshops in the training of the life-saving technique known as Cardiopulmonary Resucitation (CPR).

LNAA believes everyone has the potential to save a life. People just need to know how.  Paramedic Rob Fillmer said: “Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. By learning how to perform CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED), you could be the difference between life and death for a work colleague, a friend, family member, or even a stranger.”

One of the team at GXO who benefitted from the day was Ang Jevon Saunders. She said: “We have learnt so much more how to perform CPR correctly including the importance of chest compressions and how the technique differs on different age groups. If someone requires CPR, I will now know what to do and will not feel afraid to perform this procedure.”

Restart a Heart Day is an annual initiative led by Resuscitation Council UK which aims to increase the number of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests by helping more people learn CPR.

In 2024, LNAA crews responded to 287 cardiac arrests in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and this year have already attended 224 patients suffering a cardiac arrest.

Rob summed up: “Around 80% of cardiac arrests happen at home with only 1 in 10 people surviving. By starting CPR and using a defibrillator until the emergency services arrives, you can more than double the patients’ chance of survival.”

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