Automated External Defibrillator

South Western Railway to install lifesaving defibrillators at all of its staffed stations

SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) is to install publicly accessible automated external defibrillators at all 154 of the staffed stations on its network.

The train operator, which is one of the largest in the country with stations across South West London, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire Dorset, Wilshire, Somerset, and Devon, is investing over half a million pounds in the project as part of...

Devon Air Ambulance installs new defibrillator in Bovey Tracey 

Residents of Bovey Tracey now benefit from an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) installed at the Bovey Tracey Riverside Community Centre

In 2021, Devon Air Ambulance crews attended 333 patients who were suffering a cardiac arrest and this year they have so far attended 300 more patients whose heart had stopped beating effectively. Cardiac arrest is the most common reason for the charity’...