Jonathan GeddesGlasgow and west reporter and Hayley Jarvis BBC Cameron McGerr believes CPR should be taught in all schools Cameron McGerr should have been with his parents to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary last month. Instead, Lynne and Kevin McGerr’s 16-year-old son stood in front of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and revealed he had … Read more
People sitting their driving theory test will soon need to swot up on life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has decided. All road users are being encouraged to learn the basics and know how to use a defibrillator in an emergency. It’s hoped the questions, which will be … Read more
Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, East of England STEVE HUBBARD/BBC Live video streaming will be offered to callers across six counties in the East of England People calling 999 in the East of England to report a cardiac arrest will be the first in the UK to be offered live video support from advanced paramedics. … Read more
In a joint statement, academics expressed dismay about the Union Government’s decision to suspend the FCRA license of Centre for Policy Research, calling it a “blow to intellectual freedom”. Photo: Instagram.com/cpr_india Urging the Centre to reconsider the suspension of CPR’s FCRA registration, top academics said it “struck a blow at intellectual freedom and public reason … Read more
Snapchat releases a “lens” that teaches people how to use chest compressions for cardiac arrest. Source link
Officials in Chicago released body camera footage Thursday of a police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy last month, setting off protests over the use of deadly force by police in a city that has been beleaguered by violence. The boy, Adam Toledo, who was Latino and was a seventh grader, was one of the … Read more
Isher Judge Ahluwalia with husband Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Express photo) Customs nomenclature now follows a harmonised system (HS). Earlier, there used to be Indian Trade Classification (ITC). That’s on trade. For industry, there was/is National Industrial Classification (NIC). Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) used to have a Foreign Trade Bulletin (FTB)—a bulletin, not a … Read more