Learn how to save a life this World Restart a Heart Day
Published on 07/10/2025
People in Birmingham are invited to learn vital life-saving skills this World Restart a Heart Day, taking place on Wednesday 16 October 2025.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust’s (UHB) resuscitation team will once again be at Birmingham New Street Station, helping raise awareness of cardiac arrest and teaching the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
The team will be in the station’s main atrium from 10:00 to 14:00, offering hands-on demonstrations of CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) use, along with practical advice on other life-saving techniques such as how to help someone who is choking.
Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain low in the UK, with fewer than one in ten people surviving. Learning how to perform CPR and use an AED can make a real difference, giving those who experience a sudden cardiac arrest the best possible chance of survival.
If you are visiting our hospital sites on the day, members of our resuscitation team will also be available at:
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Main Entrance: 10:00 - 14:00
- Heartlands Hospital main entrance (top of the escalator): 10:00 - 14:00
- Good Hope Hospital Treatment Centre: 10:00 - 14:00
Whether you have previous experience or are learning for the first time, the day offers a valuable opportunity to gain confidence in how to help someone who has collapsed and stopped breathing.
Ian Street, Lead Resuscitation Practitioner at UHB, said: “Last year was a huge success, and across our hospital sites and Birmingham New Street Station we trained over 350 people in CPR, including members of the public and our colleagues. We’re looking forward to returning to New Street to help teach more people these vital skills.
“Anyone could be faced with a situation where someone suddenly collapses, so knowing how to recognise cardiac arrest, call for help, begin CPR and use an AED can make all the difference. We want people to feel confident to take action in an emergency, as every second counts.”
Restart a Heart Day is a global initiative aimed at improving survival rates from cardiac arrest by teaching CPR skills to as many people as possible.
