Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrests

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:16 pm on 17 October 2018.

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Photo of Rhianon Passmore Rhianon Passmore Labour 3:16, 17 October 2018

Diolch, Cabinet Secretary. Last week in the Chamber, you announced that the Welsh Government was establishing a strategic partnership, similar to the one in Scotland, called Save a Life Cymru. The groundbreaking Welsh ambulance service's Restart a Heart campaign, launched last autumn, has taught nearly 13,000 schoolchildren life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which, alongside the Welsh ambulance's paramedic support for the access and availability of publicly placed heart defibrillators—highlighted by the dedicated Jack's Law campaign—has meant that public defibrillators in schools have already saved lives in Islwyn.

I'm also grateful for the support of my colleague and fellow AM Jack Sargeant on furthering these critical life-saving initiatives. How, then, will the Welsh Government monitor support and ensure that the communities of Islwyn are fully engaged in the Save a Life Cymru campaign to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ensuring survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Islwyn? And what further role is there for rolling out public defibrillators across Wales and furthering Jack's Law?