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Glasgow Pupils to Receive Lifesaving Training

  • Submitted by: Sandra White, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2018
  • Motion reference: S5M-12733

That the Parliament congratulates Glasgow City Council on its decision to introduce mandatory CPR lessons for all secondary school pupils; understands that this decision has been taken in response to poor out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in the city and throughout Scotland, where only 1-in-20 people will survive a cardiac event; notes that introducing compulsory CPR lessons follows international best practice, where Denmark, Norway and Seattle all experienced improved cardiac arrest survival rates after the introduction of mandatory CPR lessons for pupils; acknowledges that this decision provides the opportunity to train around 4,500 school pupils in CPR in each school year, creating a city of lifesavers for years to come, and believes that, if the remaining 31 local authorities in Scotland were to take this approach, there would be approximately 50,000 pupils trained in CPR each year, delivering a nation of lifesavers for Scotland.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Colin Beattie, Jackson Carlaw, Bob Doris, James Dornan, Kenneth Gibson, Jenny Gilruth, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Richard Lochhead, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Ivan McKee, Stuart McMillan, Ash Regan, David Torrance