PUPILS at South Craven School in Cross Hills have been taught lifesaving skills.
The youngsters were among 25,000 students from across Yorkshire who took part in Restart a Heart Day.
They were shown how to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
South Craven was one of 119 schools in the county which joined-in the initiative.
Volunteer instructors from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service used an interactive DVD and manikins to demonstrate the techniques.
"Over 30,000 people suffer cardiac arrests outside of hospital in the UK every year," said a school spokesman.
"If this happens in front of a bystander who starts CPR immediately, before the arrival of an ambulance, the patient's chances of survival double."
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