More than 600 students have already been taught as part of a pilot programme in Glasgow
High school students are being taught vital lifesaving skills through virtual reality and educational escape rooms as part of a groundbreaking pilot.have been trained so far using innovative technologies such as VR in a bid to increase the amount of people who help in a life threatening situation.
Two local paramedics deliver the programme and cover topics such as CPR, recognising strokes, chest pain and heart attacks, drug and alcohol harm and excessive bleeding from penetrating objects such as knives. “Using a VR headset for our CPR lesson was great fun and when I took it home to show my family, they were keen to have a go too!
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