ST JOHN ambulance will be providing free life saving demonstrations.

The free demonstrations are being held as part of the 'restart a heart' campaign.

Working with the Resuscitation Council and other partners, St John Ambulance’s first aid demonstrations will contribute to an ambition of teaching more than 200,000 people these skills in October.

Restart A Heart Day is on October 16 and St John Ambulance’s volunteers around the country will be arranging demonstrations throughout October to give people more opportunities to attend.

Local volunteers will be providing demonstrations in Ringwood on October 16 from 8pm at Greyfriars community centre.

In Winchester a demonstration will be held between 10am and 2pm at St Johns House.

The sessions which last an hour are free to attend and will include practical information on how to deliver cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and deliver shocks to the heart with a defibrillator.

Currently, only one in 10 people in the UK survives a cardiac arrest out of hospital.

 Chances of survival double when someone gives immediate CPR and significantly increases further when a defibrillator is used.

hese sessions, which last an hour, are free to attend and will include practical information on how to deliver Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and deliver shocks to the heart with a defibrillator.

Currently, only one in 10 people in the UK survives a cardiac arrest out of hospital and St John Ambulance and its Restart A Heart partners want to change that. Chances of survival double when someone gives immediate CPR and significantly increases further when a defibrillator is used.

To find out more about the campaign online and also to see a full list of demos please visit www.sja.org.uk/restartaheart.