defibrillator

Defibrillator installed at Grand Western Canal car park

A lifesaving new defibrillator has been installed in the Grand Western Canal car park on Canal Hill in Tiverton.

The public access defibrillator, located on the wall of the public toilets, is available to provide emergency support for visitors to the Country Park and for the local community in South East Tiverton.

It can be used by any member of the public in an emergency...

Devon Air Ambulance provides new Defibrillator for Sidmouth Community

A joint initiative by Devon Air Ambulance (DAA), Sidmouth Masonic Lodge and Sidmouth Town Council has resulted in the recent installation of a new Automated External Defibrillator ‘AED’ at the Masonic Lodge on Sidmouth High Street.

The project came about as Devon Air Ambulance, who have installed AEDs at their shops throughout Devon, struggled to fit a defibrillator for public use...

Plymouth opticians invest in lifesaving defibrillators

LIFESAVING defibrillators have been bought by Specsavers in Plymouth to provide rapid support to people in cardiac arrest.

Automatic external defibrillators can be the difference between life and death, and the staff learned about the machines’ importance when they attended a first-aid course.

The course inspired them to buy the defibrillators and install them in the stores...

New defibrillator for Kingsbridge installed at Devon Air Ambulance Shop

Devon Air Ambulance has installed a potentially life-saving defibrillator outside the Kingsbridge charity shop in a bid to help save lives.

Cardiac incidents are the number one reason for Devon Air Ambulance being called to help by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and so far, this year the charity's specialist medical crews have attended 340 patients suffering cardiac-...