St. John Ambulance is offering free classes on Saturday to people who would like to know how they can save a life.
The people living in Newmarket are being encouraged to try and learn how they would be able to save a life. Through the month of the current month, the charity organization is providing first aid shows throughout the county teaching the residents to pick up the fundamental skills of saving a life in an emergency.
The event in Newmarket will be conducted in Asda located on Sutlands Retail Park and the demonstrations would go on from 9am to 5pm.
This campaign codenamed Save A Life September was introduced the previous year and more than 70,000 people throughout the UK availed of free first aid guidance as a part of the venture.
The current year the organization aims to get to even more people to get them ready with the skills required for essential first aid treatment.
People attending the event in Newmarket would be given five lessons that can be easily learnt and would also be provided with a pocket-sized guide free of cost, that they can carry around and use in case of urgent need.
Youth and community Leader of St. John Ambulance School in Suffolk, Mark Hedges stated that being aware of the fundamentals of first aid was one of the single most significant things that a person can do in his life. He says one would never be able to tell when it would come in handy; it could be at the work place, at home, while playing games or even at school.
According to studies that were conducted by the organization before they started the campaign, approximately 15,000 people lose their life, where they could have been saved had first aid been administered.
This would also include around 900 people who choke to death, 2,500 who suffocate from airways that get blocked, and 29,000 who lose their lives on account of heart attacks.
The charitable organisation also found that about 58 per cent did not have any idea of what had to be done when they were faced with an emergency medical situation and one fourths of them would simply not do anything.
Mr. Hedges also went on to say that any person who required first aid should be given the service and when people are ready with this sort of skills, it could make all the difference between life and death.
People interested in availing of further detail about the event in their locality can log on to http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/default.aspx or call on the number 01473 241500.
