As Chairman of our Parish Council, I became involved with Defibrillator Sales after being tasked with buying one for the village and experiencing the minefield of disinformation, scaremongering and over-enthusiastic pricing of some of the companies selling these.In the U.K. around 100,000 people die each year due to a Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Statistically 5% of these will occur in the workplace. That's almost 100 people every week.Death is often due to a lethal, but treatable, electrical abnormality in the heart called ventricular fibrillation (VF) and only one treatment has been found to be effective ; DEFIBRILLATION.Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are easy to use and talk the user through step-by-step instructions.Minutes save lives. The sooner a defibrillator is used the better chance the patient has of surviving. After a patient has collapsed following a Sudden Cardiac Arrest, every minute that a defibrillator is not used reduces the chances of survival by 7 to 10 %. This is where a conveniently placed, accessible defibrillator can save lives. In most cases an Ambulance Crew would not arrive on time to help.
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