October 16 is Restart a Heart Day, a national bid led by The Resuscitation Council (UK), with the British Heart Foundation, British Red Cross, St John Ambulance, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Saving Lives for Scotland, to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and teach CPR to as many people as possible.
Category Archives: Defibrillators
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Sep
Sep
One of our Defibrillators is missing from Bury St Edmunds after being deployed 3 times in the last 2 months.
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Sep
Sep
All 20 of Norfolk’s HWRCs have been installed with on-site defibrillators for the first time.
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Sep
Sep
A call has been made to make Defibrillators mandatory in all buildings just like a fire extinguisher.
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May
May
Mr Hoddle collapsed at BT Sport studios in October last year. He was rushed to hospital where he underwent a quadruple heart bypass before returning home. Thanks to the quick thinking of Sound Engineer Simon Daniels who used CPR treatment as well as the use of a defibrillator, Glen Hoddle was treated before the paramedics […]
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Apr
Apr
The owner of an Essex-based first aid training company has been inspired to offer free CPR training after learning that just 22 per cent of people would feel confident using a defibrillator in an emergency. Local man, Richard Penny offered the training to 40 members of the public at Coggesall and taught volunteers how to […]
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Apr
Apr
One story we’ve recently read is that of Ben McDonald, who died in October 2018 after going into cardiac arrest on the finish line of the Cardiff Half Marathon. Ben, who was 25 was an active sportsman. A keen snowboarder who loved exercise, he was fit and healthy at the time of the race. Although […]
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