A football club has responded to the collapse of a referee during a local cup final to take delivery of a life-saving defibrillator. Holwell Sports FC is training up members to use the equipment, which will also be available to use for bowlers and tennis players who compete at neighbouring clubs on the site at…
A BRADFORD primary school has donated a second defibrillator to a local sports club following its successful fundraising campaign earlier this year. Thackley Primary School held a fundraising event called Save a Heart Day in February to buy a defibrillator to be installed at the school. The first defibrillator was fitted at the school in…
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…
Charity Heartstart presented a life-saving defibrillator to Scouts and Guides in John Street Hall in Helensburgh. Sheenah Nelson, Helensburgh and Garelochside Rotary’s HeartStart coordinator, joined the Scouts and Guides group at the hall last week alongside Gary Mulvaney, managing director at Helensburgh Toyota – who paid for the lifesaving equipment costing £1500. The local Brownies…
A football fan from Fleet has been thanked for saving a fellow supporter’s life. Ian Pearse jumped into action when he spotted a West Ham United supporter collapse outside Wembley Stadium. Ian Perry, 73, and his son, Wayne, were queuing outside the ground minutes before kick-off in the Carabao Cup tie between their beloved Hammers and Tottenham Hotspur when…
The Tommy Cooper Society presented its lifesaving machine – used on patients who have suffered a cardiac arrest – to the Van Road United Reformed Church and Vanguard Centre in Caerphilly town. Meanwhile, Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn Community Council has also donated a defibrillator to Hendre Junior School in Trecenydd. Community councillor Bill Allen, who…
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…
Earlier in the year it became apparent to members of Stone Community First Responders (CFR’s) that necessary consumable parts for their existing defibrillator were becoming obsolete and extremely difficult to obtain. Therefore a fundraising campaign was started to purchase a new replacement machine. Lilley Moor and the Hillderstone village hall committee were kind enough to…
A FOOTBALL club has installed a defibrillator at its new home. Hilda Park RFC recently moved into new premises at the former Pelton Roseberry School, in Newfield. The Football Association and British Heart Foundation are working together to offer vital defibrillators for sale at discounted rates to be installed at grounds around the country. The…
Eight lifesaving pieces of equipment have been placed in the heart of the community in Burton, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire thanks to Central England Co-operative. The society has installed eight defibrillators across the area as part of a scheme that will see hundreds of the lifesaving devices put in place at outlets across…