Nearly half of UK adults (43%) have never learned the skill of CPR. There are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in the UK. Sadly, less than 10% of people survive. And with 80% of cardiac arrests happening outside of hospital it is most common that people administer CPR on a loved one in the home.
The Mission of The Calderdale Community CPR Fund is to change these statistics and increase the survival rate of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. We do this by partnering with businesses and organisations through a collaboration with Flat-Stan to provide CPR training and to provide life-saving Defibrillators.Â
*Source – British Heart Foundation. 2024
Around 25,000 people are living with heart and circulatory diseases is Calderdale
Heart and circulatory diseases causes 45 deaths each month in Calderdale
Around 2000 people have a faulty gene that can cause an inherited heart-related condition in Calderdale
Around 7,700 people are living with coronary heart disease in Calderdale
Every 16 hours someone dies from a heart or circulatory disease in Calderdale
Around 14 babies a year are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect in Calderdale
Around 2,200 people have been diagnosed with heart failure by their GP in Calderdale
Around 4,800 people have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in Calderdale
There are around 3,700 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year in Yorkshire
Only 1 in 13 people survive a out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Yorkshire
See our helpful infographic to understand the differences and what to do.
If you’d like to arrange for your business, organisation or group to receive CPR training, then get in touch. Let us know your group size, dates and location.
You can find out where your closest defibrillator is by visiting the ‘Defib Finder’ website. Just type in the postcode and away you go.Â
The Defib Finder is funded and managed by the British Heart Foundation.Â
There are many ways you can get involved. Whether you wish to set up an event fundraiser, or get involved with CPR training, or send your story or donate to our funds we are happy for you to help in whatever way you can.
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“I’m naturally a positive person. I’ve had a good life, and I’ve been very lucky."
In July 2017 Neil suffered a cardiac arrest at home. He survived due to his son knowing how to give CPR.
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