Welcome to the Saving Londoners' Lives website
Saving Londoners’ Lives (SLL) is a partnership project aiming to increase the number of people in the capital with emergency life support (ELS) skills. ELS is the set of actions needed to keep someone alive until professional help arrives. Whether someone has had a heart attack, is choking or bleeding, the prompt action of a bystander can make the difference between life and death.
It is never too early to start learning ELS and young people in primary and secondary schools are our key focus: we teach them to be ready, willing and able to step in when the need arises. School is an ideal environment in which to learn ELS within the existing curriculum. The ELS programme can be carefully tailored to the individual requirements of each school, and enables schools to establish flexible delivery of ELS skills to their pupils.
Teachers and other school staff receive free instructor training in ELS from St John Ambulance equipping them to deliver the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Heartstart UK programme to their pupils. They are supported by medical students from the 5 London medical schools who are specially trained by the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Click here to read about the Partners and their roles in Saving Londoners' Lives
