There is a very interesting article on the Duluth News Tribune website advocating CPR tuition before graduation ...Minnesota Legislature has approved a bill to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation in schools.This bill will create the next generation of lifesavers.In South African schools we teach emergency first aid skills during Life Orientation, but one of the few organisations that teach CPR in schools ... with the aid of proper mannequin dummies and an instructor ... is Sea Rescue’s WaterWise Academy.In the USA less than one-third of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR, making the survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest less than 6 percent.Bystander CPR can triple survival from cardiac arrest.Would it not be fabulous if everybody who went through our schooling system was taught bystander CPR?
Fisherman hit by snapped tow line:
Read MoreNSRI Gqeberha crew assisted EMS in treating a fisherman who fell ill aboard a Chokka fishing boat off Port Elizabeth last night, ensuring he received urgent medical care and a safe transfer to hospital. ...
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) encourages South Africans to use National Wills Week, from 14 to 18 September 2026, to draft or update their wills and consider leaving a legacy gift that will help save lives for generations to come. ...
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Hout Bay volunteer crew recovered a Hout Bay Yacht Club (HBYC) racing buoy at sea on Saturday, 5 September, after it broke free from its mooring and was swept out into Hout Bay in gale ...