David Walliams, David Mitchell, Johnny Vegas, and Sir John Hurt Lend Voices to St John Ambulance Campaign
New animated St John Ambulance advert demonstrates how to save a choking baby
(firmenpresse) - LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwired) -- 01/12/15 -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
St John Ambulance has launched a new campaign featuring the voices of David Walliams, David Mitchell, Johnny Vegas, and Sir John Hurt in order to teach people how to save the life of a choking baby.
Celebrities teach first aid
In The Chokeables, the celebrities take on the character of animated objects that could potentially choke babies - a small princess toy, a pen lid, a jelly baby and a peanut. They''ve joined together because they''ve had enough and want to show how easy it is to save a choking baby''s life.
The film starts with David Mitchell, as a chewed up pen lid, asking for the audience''s attention. A jelly baby - Johnny Vegas - then explains that they''re fed up of real babies choking on innocent objects like them. He then starts struggling for breath and turns blue.
Walliams'' lofty princess character shows the correct technique to save the choking jelly baby - up to five back blows, followed by up to five chest thrusts - as he promptly coughs out a peanut (voiced by Sir John Hurt), before returning to his normal shade.
The advert will be shown on television over the next three months and St John Ambulance is asking people to share the film online widely with their friends and family so that as many people as possible can learn to save a life.
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Addressing parents'' fears
The campaign was developed after new research for the nation''s leading first aid charity revealed today that four fifths of parents (79%) wouldn''t know how to save their baby from choking to death despite it being a major fear (58%) and 40% having witnessed it.
The research also showed that:
St John Ambulance CEO, Sue Killen, said:
''Knowing what to do in an emergency can be the difference between life and death, especially with something like choking. We all know how time pressed parents are so this film makes it as easy as possible to learn first aid - in less than 40 seconds we can all know a skill that could save a life. We hope people watch and share the video with their friends and family so more people have the confidence to act in an emergency.''
In addition to the advert, St John Ambulance has released new resources on its website to inspire everyone to learn life saving first aid skills.
To watch the film visit .
Notes to editors
About St John Ambulance
As the nation''s leading first aid charity, St John Ambulance believes that nobody should die because they needed first aid and didn''t get it. Every year thousands of people die in situations where first aid could have given them a chance to live. St John Ambulance teaches people first aid so that they can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.
- Research carried out in November 2014 by Opinion Matters on behalf of St John Ambulance. 4,000 parents in England surveyed.
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Datum: 12.01.2015 - 08:25 Uhr
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