Maidford Parish Council have just installed a community AED (Automated External Defibrillator) these are also know as Community Public Access Defibrillators or CPAD. Leroy from East Midlands Ambulance Service was invited along to do a talk on the benefits and use of the newly installed device. SNCR were invited along to support and to talk a bit about our role in the community.

The training consisted of

1. An introduction to EMAS and SNCR.
2. A video and power point presentation, highlighting the benefits of early intervention.
3. Practical – parishioners were given the opportunity to practice CPR on a resus dummy.

The evening attracted a group of about 30 members of the local parish. Leroy went through a presentation on how to access and use the CPAD. The evening started with a few unsure faces, parishioners thinking, ‘well what could I do’ after a short presentation you could see that early intervention and ‘hands on CPR’ can dramatically increase the chances of survival.

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