Every year in the UK, 60,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of hospitals. Less than 10% of people experiencing cardiac arrests in the community survive. Yet survival rates in the community, can be as high as 75% when an…
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…
We are all a little nervous of the unknown and using a defibrillator for the first time in a real emergency is something that not many people have experienced. The good news is, whether you have been trained…
Our guest blog writer this week is First Responder and trainer Jill Bland. She’s been working in the emergency services since 2013 and has been kind enough to give us some insight into cardiac arrests and the need…