Reanimation Week: Emergency trainees give free training at Bocholt school

Resuscitation Week" is currently taking place throughout Germany. After all, if you know how to properly resuscitate injured people in an emergency, you can save lives. The emergency paramedic trainees now have a great idea: they are giving free training at a Bocholt school.

Interested schools from Bocholt can send an application to rettungsdienst(at)bocholt(dot)de. The deadline is September 30, 12 noon. The most original and creative application will be selected by the fire department. "Then we make an appointment, clarify the framework and the amount of time with your teachers and then bring everything necessary to your school," says Timo Joormann, coordinator at the Bocholt Rescue Service.

The address of the school, a responsible teacher as contact person as well as a telephone number must be given. The offer is directed at all classes or grades of the Bocholt schools from the 7th grade.

Why reanimation is important

Around 64 percent of all cardiovascular arrests occur at home - in only around 40 percent of cases are initial, important resuscitation measures carried out by family members, friends, neighbors or other people. Each year, an additional 10,000 or so lives could be saved if more people began resuscitation efforts immediately.

Unfortunately, often the fear of doing something wrong is the only reason why help is not given.

Good to know

Whenever an emergency call comes in and the dispatcher or dispatcher figures out that resuscitation is needed, we provide assistance already on the phone. Dispatchers give specific instructions on lay resuscitation and stay on the phone until ambulance and emergency medical services arrive.