FOOTIE pundit Glenn Hoddle has thanked The Sun after 23,000 people learned CPR in the first week since he launched a new campaign.
The ex-England manager wants a quarter of a million more to have the lifesaving skill after he was resuscitated in 2018.
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Glenn launched Every Minute Matters with the British Heart Foundation and Sky Bet to encourage 270,000 people to use a free online training tool.
In seven days 22,712 people used the app — a five-fold boost in traffic.
Glenn, 66, said: “The response is amazing.
“We have a long way to go to recruit a quarter of a million lifesavers but this is the perfect start.
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“It’s thanks to the efforts of people like The Sun that we can get the message out.”
The ex-Spurs star collapsed in cardiac arrest in a BT Sport studio on his birthday in 2018 and friend and co-worker Simon Daniels leapt to his aid.
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He lined up for the new campaign as co-manager for the “Restarting 11” with other footballers and fans with first-hand experience of heart conditions.
More than 30,000 people have cardiac arrests out of hospital each year and chances of survival tumble by 10 per cent for every minute’s delay to CPR.
The BHF’s Revivr web app teaches people the basics of chest compressions in just 15 minutes using only a smartphone and a cushion.
HOW TO DO CPR
If someone is unconscious, not breathing and has a weak or no pulse, call an ambulance and ask a bystander to find a defibrillator then start CPR
1. Lie the person flat on their back on the floor and remove anything from behind their head.
2. Kneel by their side. Put one hand flat in the middle of their chest and the other on top of it, locking your fingers together.
3. Lean over their chest and keep your arms straight to push directly down with your body weight.
4. Push hard on the chest about twice per second (in time to the tune of Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees) keeping your arms straight and aiming to squash it by 5cm-6cm each time.
5. Keep going until paramedics arrive.