CPR Volunteer
Learn more about the volunteer roles currently available, but if you have specific skills, ideas and enthusiasm, please get in touch.
Why we need you?
Due to the demand for our CPR sessions, an exciting opportunity has arisen for volunteers. We are seeking people willing to become Volunteer CPR demonstrators to deliver our free 1-hour CPR and defibrillator awareness sessions to community groups across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. You’ll receive training from the CPR Training Team in how to deliver the course and ongoing monitoring and support will be provided.
About our CPR and Defibrillator Courses
Every year approximately 12,000 people in the East of England suffer a cardiac arrest whilst at home, work or play. Currently only about 60% of these receive any form of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before the arrival of the ambulance service and less than 5% have a defibrillator deployed.
Early bystander CPR can treble the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest. Coupled with the early use of a defibrillator this can improve survival rates from 2% to around 40-70%.
East Anglian Air Ambulance aims to save more lives and minimise the impact of trauma and medical emergencies in the community. To achieve this, we are delivering CPR and defibrillator awareness training to community organisations and workplaces across East Anglia.
What will I be doing?
- Delivering our free high-quality CPR and defibrillator awareness sessions to community groups across the county in which you are based (Normally within an hour’s drive of your address).
- You will be able to respond to requests for training which come into East Anglian Air Ambulance but will also have the opportunity to work with community fundraising to identify opportunities, and to use you own local knowledge and contacts to liaise directly with community groups via phone or email, informing them about the course.
- You may be handling small amounts of money and donations. We will advise you on our cash handling procedure. In the future we hope to be able to use Tap to Donate machines and QR codes as more convenient ways for attendees to make donations.
- Communicating regularly with the East Anglian Air Ambulance CPR Coordinator to ensure all bookings are processed correctly, and visits are followed up where necessary.
When can I volunteer?
When delivering the CPR courses, we are usually guided by the requests and what dates and times suit the groups asking us to attend. You can though contact the group to discuss alternatives and to agree a date and time that is convenient to both of you.
When liaising with potential groups, we would ask you to please be mindful of not making the phone calls either too early in the day or too late in the evening.
When agreed, the details and booking forms need to be shared with East Anglian Air Ambulance CPR Co-ordinator.
We hope to see you volunteering with us at least once a month subject to suitable opportunities being available. Obviously, you’re very welcome to do more than that and we love to see you getting the most out of volunteering with East Anglian Air Ambulance!
What you need for this role
Resuscitation Council UK recommends that those who train others in CPR and the use of AEDs should be appropriately qualified to do so, ensuring that they are skilled in teaching and competent in delivering the training. It is therefore vital that all CPR and AED volunteers from East Anglian Air Ambulance are trained to the appropriate standard to ensure that guidelines are met.
CPR volunteers must meet certain criteria before becoming trainers for East Anglian Air Ambulance.
All our CPR volunteers will need an Enhanced DBS check. East Anglian Air Ambulance will arrange this on your behalf.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience of CPR or First Aid training, through attendance on a course or delivering a course within the last 5 years.
- Confident in public speaking.
- Over the age of 18.
- Access to vehicle and UK driving licence.
- Available to train weekdays, evenings and/or weekends.
- Maintain regular communication with the Community Training Team and commit to ongoing training.
- Commit to delivering at least one training session a month.
Desirable Criteria:
- Previous or current teaching experience
- Previous or current clinical experience
- BLSi qualification
What’s in it for you?
- Full First Aid training and induction provided by East Anglian Air Ambulance, as well as ongoing support.
- Join an inclusive and diverse organisation.
- Have fun, meet new people and join a motivated and enthusiastic team who are making a difference.
- Give back to your local community.
- Reasonable out of pocket expenses in line with East Anglian Air Ambulance’s Volunteer Expenses Policy.
Interested?
Please complete our online application form.
For further information please contact info@eaaa.org.uk or call 03450 669999.
We look forward to meeting you!