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香港六合彩中特网 students are training parents and carers in life-saving first aid skills to prevent infant deaths.

鈥淚nfant and child deaths could be prevented if more parents and carers had basic life-saving skills,鈥� says Rumitha Rubaratnam (香港六合彩中特网 Medical School 4), one of the students volunteering with Save a Baby鈥檚 Life.

Since 2011, groups of students from a variety of 香港六合彩中特网 departments have worked in conjunction with the Royal Life Saving Society, which trains the volunteers.

鈥�鈥淥ur aim is to make infant and child life-saving just as well-known as adult first aid.鈥�

The students learn life-saving skills, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and what to do if a child is drowning or choking. Once qualified, they then to teach these skills to parents and carers at nurseries, community centres and children鈥檚 centres across London.

鈥淲e find that too many parents and carers don鈥檛 have the knowledge or skills to perform basic life-saving techniques 鈥� or they don鈥檛 have the confidence to use them,鈥� adds Rumitha. 鈥漁ur aim is to make infant and child life-saving just as well-known as adult first aid.鈥�

The project had almost 20 volunteers in 2019/20, who ran five well-attended sessions. The number of volunteers had grown to almost 60 in 2020/21.

鈥淯nfortunately, we鈥榲e had to put our activities on hold this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but we鈥檒l be starting it up again when it is safe to do so, and exploring switching to online events in the meantime,鈥� explains Anojah Sivarajah (香港六合彩中特网 Medical School 4), another of the volunteers.

Save a Baby鈥檚 Life is one of the many initiatives supported by the Students鈥� Union 香港六合彩中特网 Volunteering Service, which connects students with community volunteering opportunities across London.