Do any of you have a story regarding the loss of, or survival of someone special to a heart attack when an automated external defibrillator might have, or did make a difference, and would be happy to share the story?
I have been approached by a respected journalist for the national press who would like to write an article raising awareness of the unnecessary and tragic loss of life to sudden cardiac arrest and wishes to speak to someone who has been affected by it.
Many thanks,
The Defib Centre.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
What is The Defib Centre?
The Defib Centre was set up in response to the appalling lack of public awareness about Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the U.K. We have brought together under one roof an online centre where anyone can find out the facts about Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), and most importantly, what can be done about it. More than 150,000 people die of this condition every year in the U.K. Nearly 1000 of those will be young people and children. Many of these people have no previous history of heart disease. That is more than lung cancer, breast cancer and any other cancer you can think of combined- and yet, do you really know what Sudden Cardiac Arrest is? Most people only find out when it's too late and they have lost either their own life or that of someone they love and yet there is a treatment available that could dramatically change that.
When someone collapses with a cardiac arrest, for every minute that passes without an electric shock from a defibrillator, there is a 10% decrease in their chance of survival. That means after 10 minutes your chance of survival is practically nil. How long would it take the emergency services to reach your home/ workplace/ school?
Automated External Defibrillators or AED's can now be bought for the price of a laptop. They are foolproof and simple to use, and will not shock the patient unless the device can't detect a normal heart rhythm. If an AED is used within 5 minutes of a sudden cardiac arrest then 75,000 lives a year could be saved in the U.K. One of those could be you!
Whether it is just for you and your family, your workforce, your school or your community, at the Defib Centre we have all the information you need to make an educated decision as to which AED will best suit your needs.
We have kept our prices low, and a percentage of our profits is channelled back into charities concerned with sudden cardiac arrest. We are more than just a shop.
Please visit our website (http://www.thedefibcentre.co.uk/) and those of our chosen charities (http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/) and (http://www.heartrhythmcharity.org/) to see what we are trying to do. Only by raising awareness and providing earlier access to defibrillation will these shocking statistics be changed.
Thanks for reading this and please send us your story if you have been affected in any way by Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Warmest wishes,
The Defib Centre
When someone collapses with a cardiac arrest, for every minute that passes without an electric shock from a defibrillator, there is a 10% decrease in their chance of survival. That means after 10 minutes your chance of survival is practically nil. How long would it take the emergency services to reach your home/ workplace/ school?
Automated External Defibrillators or AED's can now be bought for the price of a laptop. They are foolproof and simple to use, and will not shock the patient unless the device can't detect a normal heart rhythm. If an AED is used within 5 minutes of a sudden cardiac arrest then 75,000 lives a year could be saved in the U.K. One of those could be you!
Whether it is just for you and your family, your workforce, your school or your community, at the Defib Centre we have all the information you need to make an educated decision as to which AED will best suit your needs.
We have kept our prices low, and a percentage of our profits is channelled back into charities concerned with sudden cardiac arrest. We are more than just a shop.
Please visit our website (http://www.thedefibcentre.co.uk/) and those of our chosen charities (http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/) and (http://www.heartrhythmcharity.org/) to see what we are trying to do. Only by raising awareness and providing earlier access to defibrillation will these shocking statistics be changed.
Thanks for reading this and please send us your story if you have been affected in any way by Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Warmest wishes,
The Defib Centre
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