Rejected petition To make basic life support a mandatory class in secondary school.

Surely the ability to potential save a life is one of the most important things we can teach someone. The time that is wasted when people await a ambulance and don't know CPR or what to do when someone is choking can be the difference between life and death. Why is it not taught in school?

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https://www.bhf.org.uk/~/media/files/publications/policy-documents/final_nation_of_lifesavers_policy_statement_14102014.pdf

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105872

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Date submitted 21 September 2015
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