First We Must Know How to Help ; Your Health in Association with the Nhs North East Natural Disasters Like Flooding and the Manmade Catastrophes of Terrorism Are Now Recognised As Ever-Present Threats to Our Lives, but Millions of Britons Lack Any Knowledge of Potentially Life-Saving First Aid Skills. Health Reporter Jane Picken Finds Out What You Need to Know

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NEW research reveals only one in three people could perform the simplest of first aid techniques, while one in four admit they would panic when giving first aid.

The survey by the UK's voluntary first aid providers - St John Ambulance, St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross-found only a third of people say they could save someone by resuscitating them.

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First We Must Know How to Help ; Your Health in Association with the Nhs North East Natural Disasters Like Flooding and the Manmade Catastrophes of Terrorism Are Now Recognised As Ever-Present Threats to Our Lives, but Millions of Britons Lack Any Knowledge of Potentially Life-Saving First Aid Skills. Health Reporter Jane Picken Finds Out What You Need to Know

Joe Mulligan, head of first aid services for the British Red Cross, many of whose members provided help in flooded areas this summer, said: "All o...

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