Social & Special Interest Groups
"Heartstart - Ilkley in Wharfedale"
is an Initiative affiliated to the British Heart Foundation to promote and develop Emergency Life Support (ELS) training for the communities of Burley and Ilkley.
About 330,000 people a year suffer a heart attack. It only takes a few minutes for irreversible brain damage to occur after a person has stopped breathing, or their heart has stopped.
We can teach you how to keep the casualty alive long enough for the emergency services to arrive.
Training takes about 2 hours and covers:-
general care of a casualty, including procedures for obtaining help
dealing with an unconscious person who is breathing
giving rescue breathing
performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
dealing with choking
dealing with serious and life threatening bleeding
dealing with a suspected heart attack victim
Training is free and courses are offered, courtesy of the Parish Church in Burley-in -Wharfedale and of the owners of the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley.
For details of forthcoming courses please contact the Administrator,
Mr. Robert Auty, 59 Sandholme Drive, Burley-in-Wharfedale, tel. 01943 864423