2019 was the first year the New Zealand Resuscitation Council has held their own event. We were fortunate to be hosted at New Zealand’s Parliament Buildings.
Summary
New Zealand, as the first country to see the sun very excitedly started World Restart a Heart Day with a number of events around the country. A number of Organisations were involved in World Restart a Heart Events. St John, Wellington Free Ambulance, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand, Fire and Emergency along with a number of DHB’s and medical centres and hospitals around the country were involved supporting world restart a heart day. The approximate numbers from the 30 events around the country show that around 2,500 people were trained in CPR during World Restart a Heart Day events in October.
The feedback from around the country has been that the events were a resounding success and participants are looking forward to training more individuals in bystander CPR in 2020.
#restartaheart
In New Zealand, both St John and Wellington Free Ambulance held a number of very successful events across both countries. A list of the 86 events held in Australia and New Zealand can be found at www.restartaheart.net It is important to mention that the hashtag used by Australian and New Zealand Ambulance Authorities was #restartaheart . The Estimated social media reach of this hashtag is 90,365 across Twitter Facebook and Instagram.
Parliamentary Event 15 October 2019
2019 was the first year the New Zealand Resuscitation Council has held their own event. We were fortunate to be hosted at New Zealand’s Parliament Buildings.
The New Zealand Resuscitation Council with the support of Wellington Free Ambulance and Fire and Emergency New Zealand were hosted at our nations Parliament Buildings in the West Foyer of the Beehive Wellington, New Zealand.
We were hosted by local Member of Parliament Greg O’Connor and joined by students from Tawa Intermediate School which is school in Mr O’Connor’s constituency. The day of our World Restart a Heart Day event was the first day back from recess for the Members of Parliament and we were located on the way from Parliamentary offices to the House. We were joined by a number of MP’s, the Minister of Health Honorable Dr David Clark and a number of Parliamentary Staff. The Hashtag we used at this event was #worldrestartaheart and we used Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We started our Instagram just a few days before our World Restart a Heart Day events. We have had a video produced from our parliament event which can be found here: @nzresuscouncil
Parliamentary event to mark World Restart a Heart Day 2019
11 October 2019
For immediate release:
MPs and parliamentary staff will have the opportunity to join members of the public and students from Tawa Intermediate School in learning more about CPR and to have a go for themselves.
The New Zealand Resuscitation Council, supported by Wellington Free Ambulance is being hosted by Greg O’Connor (Member for Ōhāriu) at a CPR training event at Parliament Buildings (within the Seddon Statue area) on Tuesday 15th October between 12 noon and 2.00pm. In the event of inclement weather the event will take place in the West Foyer.
The event is part of the World Restart a Heart Day initiative to raise awareness about suddenly cardiac arrest management. NZ Resuscitation Council Chief Executive Kevin Nation says this will be an opportunity for everyone that attends to practice CPR.
Throughout October thousands of resuscitation trainers around the world will take part in a co-ordinated effort to demonstrate life-saving cardiopulmonary skills to as many people as they can and encourage everyone to have-a-go. These events will take place in the weeks leading up to World Restart a Heart Day on 16 October.
Only one in ten survive a cardiac arrest. “We can beat that, and that's what World Restart a Heart Day is all about” Nation says.
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