Defibrillators In Our Community

Always call 999 Ambulance in an emergency - they will give you the cabinet code of the nearest Defibrillator, so you can get the machine if they decide in their talk with you that you need it. 

Defibrillators (also known as AEDs) are medical devices that help and support a rescue for a patient in Cardiac Arrest. They achieve this by applying a current of electricity across the heart to stop it, allowing it to reconfigure automatically. 

Death from Cardiac Arrest if untreated is about 97% of cases. With the correct and rapid treatment, survival to hospital can, in theory, be raised to around the 70% mark, but this assumes rapid action, good CPR (Chest compressions) and also the timely use of a defibrillator. 

The heart degrades by around 20% per minute after a Cardiac Arrest, and so the faster help can be given the better the outcome. 

www.communityheartbeat.org.uk/tv/pull-through-nhs-defibrillator-awareness-film