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Defibrillators should be used when someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest. These can occur to anyone, at any time regardless of age, gender or sex. It is really important to act as quickly as possible if someone is suffering a cardiac arrest as unfortunately, the chances of survival are very slim. According to the British Heart Foundation, deaths from heart and circulatory diseases occur every one to three minutes. In 2020, 168,319 deaths occurred due to such causes. These range between an …

Defibrillators can be found in a number of places but, it all depends on where you are. There is a huge drive to have more defibrillators located across the country so that more people have access to life saving care in an emergency. Businesses, offices, shops, local communities and sports centres are the most common places where you will find a defibrillator. Establishments that have a high foot fall with many people passing daily usually have a defibrillator nearby so that if anyone suffe …

A defibrillator should be used when someone is suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. These can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender or ethnicity so it’s important to have a defibrillator nearby such as at your work, in the local community, in supermarkets and sports facilities. What is a cardiac arrest? A cardiac arrest occurs when there is an electrical problem with the heart causing it to stop beating properly. They can be caused by arrhythmias where the electrical impulses may h …

Defibrillators are medical devices, used when someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). These can happen to anyone, at any time and often without warning. A sudden cardiac arrest occurs when there is an electrical fault with the heart and is often confused with a heart attack. The two vary in that a heart attack is caused when blood flow to the heart is blocked. This results in the person feeling light headed or dizzy, pain spreading across the chest to arms and shortness of breath to …

Defibrillators are used to when someone is suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. They deliver a shock to the heart if needed in order to encourage it to start beating again on it’s own, at it’s natural pace. Sudden cardiac arrests can happen to anyone at anytime, gender, age or ethnicity doesn’t play a role in who will have a sudden cardiac arrest.Sudden cardiac arrests are caused by electrical faults with the heart, this causes the heart to stop beating by which point the patient will have fallen …