Restart a Heart Day - 16 October 2024

As we get ready for 'Restart a Heart Day' on 16 October, an annual initiative led by Resuscitation Council UK, let's work together to boost the number of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Defibrillators

Defibrillators – saving life.

A defibrillator is a device that gives a jolt of energy to the heart. It helps get the heart beating again when someone is in cardiac arrest and their heart has stopped.

Locations of defibrillators

Ashover Parish Council has installed six defibrillators at the following locations:-

Outside Uppertown Social Centre

Outside the medical centre in Ashover

In the red kiosk at Alton In the red kiosk at Littlemoor

On the side of The Miners Arms, Milltown

On the side of The Kelstedge Inn, Kelstedge

There's also a defibrillator sited at the Red Lion/Peak Edge Hotel, Darley Road, Stonedge.

Business owners

Business owners who have a defibrillator are encouraged to register their unit with 'The Circuit', the national defibrillator network, such that the location of units available may be identified to the East Midlands Ambulance Service in an emergency. For more information please follow this link: https://www.thecircuit.uk/

How to use a defibrillator

If in an emergency you need to use one of the defibrillators then dial 999 and you will be given the code to the cabinet and further instructions. Anyone can use a defibrillator. You do not need training. Once you turn it on, it will give clear step-by-step voice instructions. If you would like to know more about how the defibrillators work, there's a guide on the Ashover Parish Council web-site which you can find by following this link:

https://www.ashover-pc.gov.uk/uploads/ipad-sp1-in-use-quick-reference-guide-a4-for-web.pdf

Alternatively you could watch a training video by a paramedic from London Heart on this link: https://vimeo.com/557677120/e7524918c5