CPR Online

What is CPR?

CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It combines chest compressions and rescue breaths to give a person the best chance of survival following a cardiac arrest.

If an adult is unresponsive and not breathing normally, you still need to call 999 or 112 for emergency help and start CPR straight away.

We want to ensure that no one dies through lack of first aid provision.

That’s why we set up the CPR Online hub; to ensure that everyone has access to basic life support training in person, online or by using our Resource Hub to give you the confidence to respond in an emergency.

Every body is not the same, but CPR is for everybody

In an emergency, every second counts, and women are statistically less likely to receive bystander CPR than men. This page will teach you how to perform CPR and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on a person with breasts.

Learn how to perform CPR and use a defibrillator on a person with breasts

Ask us about CPR Online and how it is helping to save lives

The CPR Online hub is a partnership between St John Ambulance and the NHS and is supported by Ambulance Trusts in England, The British Heart Foundation and Resuscitation Council UK.

The main objective is to increase out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rates across England, with a mixture of face to face initiatives to engage communities on how to perform CPR and use an AED, as well as making community focussed Emergency First Aid resources to increase public confidence to respond in an emergency situation.

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How to build a Heartsafe community

Download our toolkit to help more people survive cardiac arrest, produced in collaboration with the British Heart Foundation, Oliver Cookson Foundation, and Resuscitation Council UK.

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Defibrillators - a guide for rescuers

Where you can find a defibrillator, when you should use one, and who can use one

Defibrillator guide

The Circuit

The Circuit

Is your defribrillator connected? Take charge, join the circuit today

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Angina attack

Angina is pain in the chest, which can happen with increased exertion or excitement. Find out what to look for and what to do.

Cardiac arrest

If someone has become unresponsive and they are not breathing normally, they could be in cardiac arrest. Find out what to look for and what to do, including how to do CPR and using a defibrillator.

Heart attack

A heart attack happens when the supply of blood to part of the heart is suddenly blocked, usually by a blood clot. Find out what to look for and what to do.