A TEACHER who saved the life of a three-year-old is urging schools to take part in an annual awareness day to teach people life-saving CPR skills.
Frances Hammond has been appealing to secondary schools across Yorkshire to join 'Restart a Heart Day' on October 16.
The PE teacher used CPR to save the life of a three-year-old girl who fell into a pond last year.
Frances is keen to use her story to encourage schools to register for Restart a Heart Day when Yorkshire Ambulance Service hopes to provide CPR training to 30,000 students in one day.
She said: “I know from personal experience that CPR training is so important because it gives people the skills and confidence to save someone’s life.
"I would like to appeal to all Yorkshire’s secondary schools to take part in Restart a Heart Day and provide students with training to make a massive difference to anyone who has a cardiac arrest.”
Secondary schools that would like to take part in the event can register via the Yorkshire Ambulance Service Restart a Heart Day homepage at www.restartaheart.yas.nhs.uk. The deadline for applications is April 5.
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