{"id":21169,"date":"2026-04-28T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=21169"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:30:05","slug":"cpr-cardiac-care-with-lydia%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%9a%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2026\/04\/28\/cpr-cardiac-care-with-lydia%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%9a%91\/","title":{"rendered":"CPR – Cardiac Care with Lydia!\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude91"},"content":{"rendered":"
This afternoon, P4-7 welcomed a very special visitor into our classroom; Lydia Downie, the ambulance technician. We were all very excited when she drove into the playground in her ambulance!\ud83d\ude91<\/div>\n
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As part of our ‘body systems’ science topic, Lydia had very kindly offered to come in for a CPR workshop. With her, she brought the armless, legless Frank, the CPR dummy. Lydia started off by explaining how she responds to an emergency using the DR ABC technique. This involved firstly checking for ‘Danger,’ secondly checking for a ‘Response’. Afterwards, it was time for action, she showed us how to check a patients ‘Airways’\u00a0 and the patients ‘Breathing’ and pulse by touching their neck. If the patients breathing, that’s when we would look at ‘circulation’ and the heart.\u2764\ufe0f<\/div>\n
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Lydia showed us how to give Frank some beats with our hands to support his heart. We learned that the song ‘Staying Alive’ helps us with the rhythm of our beats. \ud83c\udfb6<\/div>\n
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