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Posted on 25 January 2021
Startling UK statistics on knife crime Whilst the Home Office reported a drop in Knife and Offensive weapon offences resulting in a caution or sentence of 20% in 2020 vs 2019*, that includes a pandemic and a lockdown…
Posted on 4 January 2021
If you have the budget for a defib and cabinet, but no one to install it, do not fear! Here at Turtle we can not only supply the defib and cabinet, but we can fit it for you…
Posted on 30 November 2020
Even with a pandemic hitting 2020 hard for over 8 months of the year, knife crime is still on the rise. During the second week of lockdown at the end of March 2020, in separate incidents – 9…
Posted on 16 November 2020
Help stem a catastrophic bleed We recently installed a bleed kit and cabinet on Hurst Street in Birmingham in conjuction with the West Midlands Police and Ambulance Service, the Daniel Baird Foundation (DBF) and Southside District BID team. …
Posted on 16 November 2020
The first ever Bleed cabinet and kit installed in Birmingham Designed to prevent people from bleeding to death while paramedics race to the scene, the UK’s first bleed control cabinet was installed in Hurst Street, Birmingham on Thursday…
Posted on 12 October 2020
Is your defib cabinet looking a little tired? Writing/Logo peeling off? Looking a bit battered by the elements? If it’s still in good working order, why not spruce it back up with one of our brilliant reflective stickers!…
Posted on 5 October 2020
Our guest blog writer this week is Mike Taylor from Abacus First Training. We asked him to write a blog on the need for defibs and cabinets in community areas such as sports centres and workplaces, and he…
Posted on 25 September 2020
Turtle Cabinet Accessories Here at Turtle we think customising your cabinets to the needs of the company or community is really important. So based on that, we provide a Turtle cabinet – heated or unheated, locked or unlocked,…
Posted on 15 September 2020
Training defibs – (re)familiarise yourself with an AED Defibrillators in schools, offices and local communities are a great idea, vital even. However, do you have enough people trained on using them? Perhaps some volunteers have moved house, left…
Posted on 31 August 2020
Here at Turtle Defib Cabinets we have developed an insulated, water tight outdoor cabinet suitable for areas where there is no electricity supply. Whilst this isn’t as ideal as having an electricity supply – in some situations that…
Posted on 17 August 2020
This is a frequent question that we are asked, and the answer is quite simple – it preserves and protects the public defibrillator and any other equipment inside the cabinet. Thermostatically heated cabinets In all Turtle heated cabinets…
Posted on 30 June 2020
First responders regularly feedback to us that they are checking defibs in communities and are finding – particularly if they are in a social or sports club – that they are hidden in a back office or behind…