Huge Thanks to Our Community!
We are really pleased to announce that our Give a Quid for a Defib fundraiser was a great success! You @followers raised over £750 in donations to match funds provided by the Department for Health & Social Care… and our community now has another life-saving 24/7 accessible defibrillator, installed here at Park Farm Community Centre – St Helens Thank you to each and everyone of you who donated via the GoFundMe, our raffle and table top sales.Massive thank you’s to Trisha Long – Moss Bank Councillor, St Helens Borough Council and Knauf Insulation UK & Ireland who provided substantial donations towards the electrical fitting, maintenance and ongoing replenishment of supplies.
How can a defibrillator save a life?
If someone in our community has a cardiac arrest, a defibrillator can help restart their heart while you wait for the emergency services to arrive. there are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year and currently less than 1 in 10 survive without immediate intervention with a defibrillator, most cardiac arrests are fatal every minute without CPR and a defibrillator, reduces survival chances by up to 10%.
Cardiac arrest: 4 essential actions
To see where all local defibrillator’s are located, please visit: https://www.defibfinder.uk
