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HeartBeatz UK is an innovative charity with the aim of teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to junior school children, teachers and parents using music to aid learning. Our combination of a practical session with specially written music helps makes learning memorable, fun and interactive.

In the UK the survival rate of an out of hospital cardiac arrest is only 8.6%. For every minute that passes without CPR or defibrillation survival rates drop by around 10%. In countries where CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training is widespread survival rates have been reports as up to 40%.

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to learn CPR and that by training people in CPR the national survival rates from cardiac arrest will improve. We hope that by teaching junior school children CPR this essential life skill will become ingrained and instinctive by the time they reach adulthood.

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