Charity urges public to learn CPR

Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest during Euro 2020 has prompted UK charity Resuscitation Council UK to urge members of the public to learn how to perform CPR.

The midfielder was saved thanks largely to

his team-mate and captain Simon Kjaer, who quickly recognised Eriksen’s condition and helped clear his airways before CPR was administered on the pitch. “Without the swift actions of those on the pitch, the medical staff who treated him, and the hospital staff who took/are taking care of him, the outcome might have been very different,” said Sue Hampshire, Director of Clinical and Service Development at Resuscitation Council UK.

“We’re asking everyone to learn CPR, and act quickly in an emergency, to ensure everyone in need has the same chance of survival as Christian Eriksen did. “Learning CPR couldn’t be easier.”

The charity’s website (resus.org.uk/watch) contains a video guide on how to learn the live-saving skill in an emergency, and there are also free training resources available from sports charity UK Coaching, which provide the skills to restart a heart. You can access those at: www.ukcoaching.org/sca