Anderson welcomes £250,000 investment

Mr Anderson stated, “I fully welcome this worthwhile investment from the Health Minister Simon Hamilton and I am aware that new money from the Transformation Fund will be used to establish a regional team of Community Resuscitation Development Officers.

“Every year in Northern Ireland approximately 1,400 people suffer from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and only 10% of them survive.

“Ultimately CPR and early defibrillation are the two interventions that will allow an individual to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and as such carrying out CPR can double a casualty’s chances of survival. It is important that awareness is raised about resuscitation so that the number of people with CPR training can increase.

“The Community Resuscitation Development Officers will play a key role in increasing the number of people who are trained to intervene and who will be prepared to step into action if necessary.”