GPRA Glenholt Park Residents Association Defibrillator FundAs many of you are aware we have been busy raising funds to purchase 5 defibrillators to be placed in Glenholt Park. Once achieved, the aim is for all residents to be no further than 200 metres from a defibrillator.
We have installed 4 and are trying to raise funds for the final unit for Valley walk 39 Glenfield Way 1a Rose Gardens 4 Willow Walk (Outside Barton Park Office) 18 Valley Walk |
Defibrillator Information
In the UK approximately 60,000 people sustain cardiac arrest outside hospital and are treated by emergency medical services (EMS) each year. If defibrillation is delivered promptly, initial survival rates as high as 75% have been reported. The chances of successful defibrillation decline at the rate of about 10-20% with each minute of delay.
It should be recognised however that CPR (combined chest compression and rescue breathing or chest compressions alone) will help maintain a shockable rhythm until a defibrillator arrives but is not a definitive treatment.
(Defibrillation is not however used in all cases of cardiac arrest, even if available immediately, an AED would not be of use in 25%-30% of heart disturbances caused by cardiac arrest, and CPR is the appropriate treatment)
CPR should be commenced in all cases of cardiac arrest and the AED applied. The AED will analyse the heart rhythm and will advise on whether defibrillation is necessary.
In just under a 1/3 of cases, defibrillation is not advised but CPR should continue.
80% of cardiac arrests occur in the home, and of those in public places under 1% occur in a leisure facility or sports ground.
AEDs are easily used by lay people with some training, and it is recommended by bodies such as the Resuscitation Council UK, that they are of most value when placed in areas where there is a high incidence of cardiac arrest and where it's difficult for an ambulance to get to quickly e.g rural areas, communities with poor road networks or traffic congestion and where large crowds gather.
UK Heart Charities collectively have supplied more than 8000 defibrillators in community settings but still advocate that:
"It would be better if more people were trained in CPR, which buys time before defibrillation."
Being able to do CPR more than doubles the chance of survival. this can be taught as part of a first aid course
Courtesy of Community Heartbeat Trust
It should be recognised however that CPR (combined chest compression and rescue breathing or chest compressions alone) will help maintain a shockable rhythm until a defibrillator arrives but is not a definitive treatment.
(Defibrillation is not however used in all cases of cardiac arrest, even if available immediately, an AED would not be of use in 25%-30% of heart disturbances caused by cardiac arrest, and CPR is the appropriate treatment)
CPR should be commenced in all cases of cardiac arrest and the AED applied. The AED will analyse the heart rhythm and will advise on whether defibrillation is necessary.
In just under a 1/3 of cases, defibrillation is not advised but CPR should continue.
80% of cardiac arrests occur in the home, and of those in public places under 1% occur in a leisure facility or sports ground.
AEDs are easily used by lay people with some training, and it is recommended by bodies such as the Resuscitation Council UK, that they are of most value when placed in areas where there is a high incidence of cardiac arrest and where it's difficult for an ambulance to get to quickly e.g rural areas, communities with poor road networks or traffic congestion and where large crowds gather.
UK Heart Charities collectively have supplied more than 8000 defibrillators in community settings but still advocate that:
"It would be better if more people were trained in CPR, which buys time before defibrillation."
Being able to do CPR more than doubles the chance of survival. this can be taught as part of a first aid course
Courtesy of Community Heartbeat Trust
Watch this interactive Tutorial on using the Defibrillator provided by Community Heartbeat Trust
https://www.communityheartbeat.org.uk/interactive-defibrillator-demo |