'Everybody has social media. Why not encourage people who have Snapchat to look into learning how to do the basic skill of CPR?'
A new Snapchat feature aimed at teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation will save lives, according to former footballer Fabrice Muamba.The camera filter, created with the Red Cross charity, will guide users through performing chest compressions and quiz them on what they have learned.
"Speaking from my own personal experience, I was fortunate enough that it happened to me where I had the best medical care that I could wish for," he told BBC News. "But if you know how to do CPR through this lens on Snapchat, then you give your friend a better chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest."According to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, fewer than 20% of people perform first aid despite 70% of cardiac arrests happening in front of others.
"That's why I'm working with Snapchat to show people the importance of CPR and hopefully people learn to do it and help people to survive sudden cardiac arrest."The Apple and Google app stores already have many apps that teach CPR, including from St John Ambulance and the Resuscitation Council UK."Everybody has social media," Muamba said.
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