Fundraising and donations have enabled a defibrillator to be installed in a secure cabinet on the outside of Great Yarmouth Library. Grace Edwards, of Growing Together Gardening Group, with members of Great Yarmouth Haven Rotary Club and Great Yarmouth Lions Club. Picture: Alan Spinks Recently, the Friends of Great Yarmouth Library together with the Growing…
They took part in a sponsored CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) event during last year’s Restart a Heart Day, which was organised by Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The annual campaign teaches children how to perform CPR when someone suffers a cardiac arrest. The new defibrillator, which can be used to help restart the heart with an…
A life-saving defibrillator has been unveiled in Gobowen. Community groups the Three Parishes Big Local, STAR Housing, the Co-Op, and the British Heart Foundation came together to fundraise and apply for grants to fund the device which has been installed outside the Post Office. It can be accessed 24/7. Lucy Crane, area manager for the…
A LIFE-SAVING piece of equipment has been installed at a bowling club in Helensburgh. Members of Colgrain Bowling Club recently presented representatives of the Helensburgh and District CPR/Defibrillator Association with a cheque for £1,700. The money purchased a defibrillator which is now housed outside the front door of the bowling club and available for use…
District councillor and trustee for the centre Stuart Lawson used part of his community enabling budget to fund the piece of equipment, with regular venue hirer Tony Williams, who provides first aid courses, offering training. So far the centre’s staff and some of its regular clients who hire space have been trained. Mr Lawson said:…
A COMMUNITY defibrillator has been provided by Droitwich Spa Nursery and Kindergarten which worked with the town’s AED group to put it in place. The nursery, celebrating its 25th anniversary in the Spa this year, took the decision after a refresher first aid course. The managers’ idea was backed by owner Philippa Fell who, before…
A DROITWICH charity which aims to provide much-needed defibrillators across the town has received £500 from Aviva Community Funding. Droitwich AED (Automated External Defibrillators) will use the donation towards the installation of new 24/7 Community Public Access Defibrillators (CPADs) for WANDS Children’s Centre, to cover the Westlands Estate, and St Peters Scout Hall. The charity,…
It is estimated that around 100,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest in the UK each year and, while CPR saves the lives of around 9%, if CPR is used alongside a defibrillator the chance of survival increases to 50%. Central England Co-op worked closely with ambulance services to find the best locations for the…
A MEDIEVAL church has become home to a modern life-saver. The vestry wall at St Mary the Virgin Church in Iffley village has been fitted with a defibrillator, which harnesses the power to shock someone out of a cardiac arrest. Electric currents provided by the device can revive a heartbeat, as Mark Phythian-Adams discovered second-hand…
Haughton Village Hall Committee has used the funds to buy and install a public access defibrillator at the Newport Road community centre. Last week Paul Mulvey from defibrillator supplier Wel Medical handed over the medical kit, which is used to administer vital treatment in the event of cardiac arrest, and gave a free demonstration of…