In a joint project between Congleton Partnership and Congleton Lions, a potentially life-saving defibrillator has been installed outside The All Saints Community Centre Buglawton (formally known as St Johns), Old Buxton Rd, Congleton.
Around 30,000 people each year suffer from a sudden cardiac arrest, according to figures from the British Heart Foundation only 1 in 10 people survive. However, the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest jumps from 6% to 74% if the casualty is in a shockable rhythm and a defibrillator is deployed within 3 minutes, it’s vital that our communities have access to defibrillators 24 hours a day!
Each defibrillator is registered on a central database, in the event of an emergency call 999 and operators can direct you to the nearest emergency-ready defibrillator and issue you the access code, Cathy Dean, Congleton Partnership Officer commented:
“Congleton Partnership is committed to working with partners to install life-saving defibrillators at strategic points around the town, it really does save lives but it’s very important to ring 999 first in the event of an emergency and they can then provide further instruction.”
David Morris from Congleton Lions added:
“This is the 6th 24×7 defibrillator installed in Congleton part funded with Congleton Lions, unfortunately, one of them is called for approximately every 6 weeks. We are committed to installing more across the town soon. We are always keen to hear from building owners who would like to install one at their premises.”
No specialist training is needed to use a defibrillator as full instructions are given at the time of use but visitors to Congleton’s Community Health and Wellbeing Fayre taking place on the 28th March at Congleton Town Hall are invited to take part in a defibrillator training workshop, installing confidence in your ability to use the device should you need to!
Contact Cathy Dean if you would like further information on the Health & Wellbeing Fayre cathy.dean@congleton-tc.gov.uk
Picture from left to right:
John Glassey (Community Centre), Rev Ian Enticott (Rector), Margaret Gartside (Town Mayor), Cathy Dean (Congleton Partnership), Samantha Sellars (North West Ambulance Service) David Morris (Congleton Lions), Peter Houldsworth (Community centre).
Is there anywhere to have training on how to use a defibrillator? Would be interested in attending. Thanks
Hi Ann, yes we are running two workshops at the health and welling Fayre 10am until 3pm Tuesday 28th March. The workshops will be 11am and one at 1pm – would you like to attend one? Thanks Cathy