FREE life-saving training will soon be available to Malvern residents thanks to a collaboration between a local supermarket and charity.
Morrisons in Malvern Retail Park has teamed up with Heartstart Malvern to provide life-saving training to customers and the community.
The first of the free 90-minute training sessions is on January 25 at 7pm with attendees learning how to do CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) and how to use a defibrillator.
The training is practical and no prior first aid knowledge is needed. Heartstart Malvern have also provided the store with a public-use defibrillator outside.
Heartstart Malvern’s chairman, Richard Vakis-Lowe spoke of the need for the training:
“If a bystander does not start CPR within three minutes of a person collapsing from a cardiac arrest they will not survive.”
Morrisons community champion, Anthony Hornby said the supermarket had reaffirmed its support for the charity.
The store was the scene of an incident which showed them the importance of first aid training.
A man suffered a cardiac arrest in the supermarket cafe in June 2022 and was successfully resuscitated by staff, making a full recovery.
Antony added:
“We hope that by offering the training in our store that more lives can be saved.”
