Many city parents lack essential first aid skills
HULL: Fewer than half of parents in the city have the skills to save a child's life and only
70 per cent claim to know basic first aid.
The figures, which have been released by St John Ambulance today, coincide with the launch of the charity's new emotive TV advert, which will air during tonight's Doc Martin programme on ITV.
In the advert, a boy is playing with his father while the mother looks through the window.
The boy climbs a high tree but a branch breaks and he falls to the ground. A shocked mother runs out of the kitchen as we hear that she is a St John Ambulance volunteer, with the first aid knowledge to save lives.
But as she reaches the garden, we realise she has no connection to the father and boy and has rushed out to take her washing in from the rain. Meanwhile, in the empty park, the boy is unconscious with the dad screaming for help, as viewers are implored to find out how to save the boy.
A total of 30 per cent of people in Hull would lack the skills to deal with the accident, but 29 per cent said their child had a first aid incident during the school holidays.
Almost a quarter – 22 per cent – of Hull residents said they did not view first aid as important.
Visit www.sja.org.uk/savetheboy to see the advert and find out more about training.
WEST HULL: A pedestrian is recovering from her injuries after being knocked down by a car in the Avenues.
The woman was hit by a car in Queen's Road just before 4pm on Friday, September 13.
Firefighters and paramedics were called to the crash and the woman was given oxygen therapy before being taken to hospital.
She was suffering from shock and a suspected broken leg.