21st June 2026 – West Mid Ambulance and Telford First Responders will be hosting a ‘CPR-athon’ – continuous CPR for a 24 hour period. The event runs from midnight to midnight.
Telford First Responders (CFR) scheme is a life-saving partnership of volunteers working with West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) in the Telford Area. As authorised volunteers the CFRs help to reduce the number of pre-hospital deaths.
Community First Responders (CFRs) are trained to provide life-saving treatment to patients in the vital first few minutes of an emergency until an ambulance crew arrives. If effective treatment is provided quickly, lives can be saved and disability reduced. This is especially true for cardiac arrest heart attacks and medical conditions which have caused someone to lose consciousness.