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If you were faced with someone who d just been stabbed, would you know how to help?
Teenagers from the age of 14 in some areas of the UK will get training on how to help stab victims, in a new scheme launched by St John Ambulance.
The Young Responders initiative aims to give young people lifesaving first aid skills over the next two years.
St John Ambulance says street violence is a major concern at the moment.
Training will be given in London, Leeds and Manchester.
A more instinctive response We know that in the moment of handling an incident, adrenaline can take over, St John Ambulance says, in a statement.
Children as young as 14 will be taught to save stabbing victims following soaring knife crime deaths
The Young Responders scheme will be piloted in Manchester.
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Children as young as 14 will be trained to treat stabbing victims as part of a scheme to cut death rates among teenage gangs. Youngsters from Manchester, Leeds and London will form part of a pilot St John Ambulance scheme before the project is rolled out across the country next year, The Mirror reports.