News stories from October 2010

Health and safety review
Lord Young, the Prime Minister's adviser on health and safety law and practice, issued his long awaited report Common Sense Common Safety last Friday (15 October). St John Ambulance has commented on its findings.
Chest compressions only can be the difference
Untrained members of the public can increase the chances of survival for cardiac arrest victims by carrying out chest compressions, to pump oxygen around the body, without doing mouth to mouth resuscitation.
CPR study questions mouth-to-mouth
A study, published in the medical journal, The Lancet, found that in certain circumstances, chest compressions only can be better than mouth to mouth.
Fashion guru visits West Midlands
In Birmingham this week, fashion stylist Gok Wan witnessed first hand the life saving work performed by St John Ambulance during a visit to launch a Vodafone volunteering scheme.