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| Lions Club President, Peter Parr, on the left, and Colin Marsh with Mrs Young |
Acting
quickly when someone is in cardiac arrest and fighting for their life is
crucially important. When someone goes
into cardiac arrest, every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces their
chances of survival. A defibrillator is
a machine that delivers an electric shock to the heart when someone is having a
cardiac arrest. These machines can also
be called AEDs (automated external defibrillators).
Here,
at Chailey, we are delighted to have been donated a defibrillator by the local
branch of the Lions Club for use in the school and local community. Appropriate members of staff will receive
training in the use of this life-saving equipment.
Two
members of the Lions Club, Colin Marsh, a member of
the local branch, and Peter Parr, who is the President, officially handed the defibrillator
over to Mrs Young at the Year 7 assembly last Friday. They
can be seen here with the defibrillator where it is located in a central
position by the entrance to the school and next to the Medical Room.
