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HeartSine 350P Samaritan PAD

Defibrillator Comparison

Here is our comparison table on our HeartSine range vs Mindraw BeneHeart C14

HEARTSINE DEFIBRILLATOR FEATURES

SAM 500P

SAM 350P

SAM 360P

Mindray Beneheart C14

Integrated ICG-based real-time CPR feedback on rate and force

X

X

X

Configure with CPR sensor

Through the standard electrodes, actively measures CPR rate and force, and advises “Push harder”, “Push faster”, “Push slower”, and “Good compressions”, or “Begin CPR” when no CPR is detected

X

X

X

Configure with CPR sensor

Compact, portable, lightweight 1.1kg

X

Heavier, 2kg

Highest level of protection from dust and moisture ingress in the industry (IP56)

X

IP55

Integrated battery and electrodes for one-change maintenance – one item to track and replace after use or upon expiration

X

Seperate pads and battery

4-year electrode life

5 years

Operating impedance range of 20-230 ohms

25 – 300

Paediatric compatible

Audible and visual indicators for ease of use in a noisy environment

Patented low escalating energy protocol (SCOPE)

X

90-minute ECG recording time

5 hours

Automatic self-test

Field upgradable to latest AHA/ERC guidelines

Carry case included

X

No carry case

Upgradable to connectivity

10-year warranty

X

8-year warranty

Semi-automatic shock delivery

X

Fully automatic shock delivery

X

X

UK manufacturered (Belfast)

X

Made in china

Time in the market (8 years)

X

New to market – 2 years

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HeartSafe Products

The best things in life are often simple. That’s true for the best lifesaving AED technology as well.

 

HeartSine® is the pioneer of clinically advanced automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for the workplace, public access and home markets. In fact, every AED in use today can trace its roots to technology envisioned and developed by HeartSine technologists.

Tailor-made bespoke defibrillator packages to suit your local needs. Is this your first enquiry about buying a defibrillator (Defib/AED)? If so, we recommend you contact us for a brief chat so we can put you on the right path thus achieving your requirements of sourcing the most suitable defibrillator for your local needs. We are experts and have supplied 1000’s British defibrillators in the UK. Requesting a call back will ensure your project is a success.   

High visibility paint and 24-hours medical green beacon with multiple wall signs to bring as much attention as possible!

High-quality stainless steel Aed Case with easy and simplistic release of a defibrillator in a dire situation.

On the move, durable rucksack that a  Defibrillator can be brought to the hardest of places to reach.

You may have a plan of action in mind and we suggest a phone call/discussion with our trained support team to help put you on the right track. It may take only a few minutes of your time but a lot will be learnt and hopefully, it will shortcut the overall time it takes to become a HeartSafe® community. Contact Us.

If you are about to purchase a defibrillator (AED) please read.

Should you be approached, our strong advice is to never purchase a second-hand defibrillator unless you have the original certificate of purchase and full history of its use and previous owner’s details, which can then be verified and has not been reported on a lost or stolen list.

 

Sadly there have recently been reported thefts of AEDs from unlocked and locked cabinets and it can only be assumed that these despicable people who show no regard or value of other people’s lives believe a stolen device has some monetary value.  

 

A second-hand defibrillator (AED) has NO monetary value. Each defibrillator has a serial number and can always be traced. AED’s need constant daily/weekly checking and monitoring – without such monitored governance they may not operate correctly or at all if required to be used at the time of an emergency.  

 

If anyone approaches you selling or advertising an AED – treat the offer with great caution – you may be wasting your money. More importantly, putting a life at risk. If you can, report it to your local police or ambulance service or AED Locator on 01275 332323 or post@aedlocator.co.uk.

 

We are providing you with this information to protect you and others and to ensure everything possible is done to avoid the risk of an unnecessary death. If we can kill the demand for any stolen defibrillators, then we will be saving lives.

 

REMEMBER.. if it is cheap and looks a bargain then it is most likely STOLEN. The AED’s serial number is logged, it can be traced and may not work when you require it.

What should i consider when buying a defibrillator

The HeartSafe® approach to planning a public access defibrillator in your community, place of work or enjoyment.

You have heard and read about the importance of using a defibrillator when a person has suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.

You want to help your community, friends, neighbours, business associates. Each situation and setting may vary. It is important you choose the right defibrillator and contain it in a safe, easily accessible, very visible location. Over the last 12 years, we have assisted many thousands of locations to become HeartSafe®. There is probably not a type of location we have not placed a defibrillator within a cabinet, indoors or outdoors, on the top of a mountain or on the shoreline of the coasts around the UK. Hamlets, Villages, Towns, Cities, Schools, Pubs, Supermarkets, Village Halls, Sports Centres, even mobile vehicles have fitted HeartSafe® defibrillators.

You may have a plan of action in mind and we suggest a phone call/discussion with our trained support team to help put you on the right track. It may take only a few minutes of your time but a lot will be learnt and hopefully, it will shortcut the overall time it takes to become a HeartSafe® community. 

External Defibrillator at Salt & Malt, Chew Valley Lake

HeartSafe® News

If your community does not have quick and easy access to a defibrillator, a life could be lost unnecessarily. Don’t delay! Follow the HeartSafe

Community News

The Rockmount Pub in Guernsey, waves crashing against coast wall

Rockmount Hotel, Guernsey

As part of the Cardiac Action Group initiative, this cabinet was installed. It forms part of the wide network of public access defibrillators serving residents

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Group of Paramedics With External Defibrillator Cabinets

Friends of Frome Hospital

Setter of HeartSafe®. Their plan, already formulated was to place HeartSafe® cabinets and defibrillators throughout the market town of Frome. Initially, 20 locations were identified

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Business / Town Councils

Automatic External Defibrillator at Keynsham Civic Centre

Keynsham Civic Centre

The town of Keynsham is located between Bath and Bristol. To many people who have memories of Radio Luxembourg, it became a household name due

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Group of Paramedics With External Defibrillator Cabinets

Friends of Frome Hospital

Setter of HeartSafe®. Their plan, already formulated was to place HeartSafe® cabinets and defibrillators throughout the market town of Frome. Initially, 20 locations were identified

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General News

Sport Clubs

Hotels / Pubs

External Defibrillator at Riverside Inn Cheddar

Riverside Inn, Cheddar

The local Lions Club of Cheddar chose a HeartSafe® cabinet and HeartSine defibrillator to place near the centre of this historic worldwide known Village. Famous

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External Defibrillator UK at the Gate Inn, Brailes

The Gate Inn, Brailes

The Charity Arrhythmia Alliance/Heart Rhythm Charity works to improve the diagnosis and treatment for people affected by arrhythmias. For over 10 years it has supported

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New Cabinet Installations

External Defibrillator at Riverside Inn Cheddar

Riverside Inn, Cheddar

The local Lions Club of Cheddar chose a HeartSafe® cabinet and HeartSine defibrillator to place near the centre of this historic worldwide known Village. Famous

Read More »
Group of Paramedics With External Defibrillator Cabinets

Friends of Frome Hospital

Setter of HeartSafe®. Their plan, already formulated was to place HeartSafe® cabinets and defibrillators throughout the market town of Frome. Initially, 20 locations were identified

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A British medical supplier with 15 years experience in providing defibrillator (AED) solutions for communities, businesses, schools and sports clubs throughout the UK.

 

No defibrillator enquiry is too small, we are here to help!

AED Locator (E.U.) Ltd

If you have any other questions, no matter how unusual, please feel free to send them to enquiries@heartsafe.org.uk where one of our team of advisers will get back to you!

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Guardians

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Noun

  1. a person who protects or defends something.

“self-appointed guardians of public morality”

Protector, custodian, keeper, guard, caretaker, warden, steward, sentinel

First Defibrillator

2008 saw the very first public access AEDs (defibrillators) placed in the South West of England near Bristol Airport, in an area known as the Chew Valley.

This countryside region, 9 miles south of Bristol, known for its Chew Valley and Blagdon fishing lakes had been referred to by a local GP as “Death Valley”. Journey times by the Emergency Services often exceeded the aimed response time and when a sudden cardiac arrest occurred, the chances of the victim surviving was even less than the national average of 5-10% of cardiac arrests occurring outside of hospital.

The Man Behind HeartSafe

Clive Setter, a local businessman with keen community interests through Round Table, felt compelled to look at ways of reversing this serious problem.

A member of his family and friends had sadly died through sudden cardiac arrest.

Having travelled in various parts of Europe and noticing the extensive AED network, discussions were arranged with the local Ambulance Service, Great Western Ambulance Service (now SWAST) and a meeting took place with Kim Morrissey, Community Response Manager.

Ambulance Trusts had positioned in areas of high footfall static AEDs for use only by trained personnel. These were to be found in Airports, Railway Stations and Shopping Malls but none were available for the general public who were not trained and did not have access on their doorstep to their own local AED.

During 2007, 15 public access AED sites were identified. Clive commissioned a local engineering company to manufacture suitable exterior heated cabinets and various AED manufacturers were researched to assess the most suitable AED.

A roadshow was arranged with Kim Morrissey and other paramedics from Great Western Ambulance Service. Each village was donated an AED and external cabinet. Awareness training was offered at weekends and the initiative was rolled out, removing the title of “Death Valley”. The aim was to make each village HeartSafe®.

Unknown to Clive and Kim, this new initiative became the start of a UK project. Ambulance Trust personnel from all over the UK visited the Chew Valley to learn of the local initiative. Many other organisations pursued the same goal in all parts of the country with the aim to save more lives.

Guardian

Local community participation was essential for each PAD site to be successfully maintained, ensuring the AED was rescued ready at all times.

The immediate need was to have a person(s) volunteering, becoming responsible for checking their AED and cabinet in a set procedure. Clive put out the word to the villages that “guardian angels” were required to assist with the AED initiative. A network of guardians was established, each reporting fortnightly to AED Locator who in turn having ensured all checks were correct forwarded the information to the Ambulance Trusts making communication simpler.

A map was formed with the AEDs identified. The general public became very aware of the benefits of having a local AED. The word spread and local initiatives throughout the County started to grow.

During the last 13 years, thousands of HeartSafe® cabinets with AEDs have been installed, by many generous organisations and fundraising events.

The British Heart Foundation, for the last 4 years used the bespoke monitoring system, Attention, which HeartSafe® provided to communities and guardians.

The advice given by Clive and AED Locator to the BHF meant they recognised the importance of a national monitoring system and in 2019, “The Circuit” was launched. During the next few years, the intention is to have all Ambulance Trusts using “The Circuit” with every guardian reporting direct to “The Circuit”.

Group of paramedics at British Heart Foundation Event
Group of Paramedics With External Defibrillator Cabinets

“From little acorns do mighty oaks grow”

Great Western Ambulance Service with the enthusiasm of Kim Morrissey and her colleagues were able to overcome the torturous route with red tape and establish a UK public access AED policy.

If you are a guardian reading this statement, may I thank you on behalf of all the people in the UK who have benefited by having a local AED close by?

Without your support, which is given freely / voluntarily and not recognised (in fact not heard of) by many, the PAD site initiative would not be able to operate.

Regrettably more lives would be unnecessarily lost as a result of sudden cardiac arrest.

A statement from Clive Setter of HeartSafe® AED Locator.

Automatic External Defibrillator on wall
Group Of Scouts Stood around HeartSafe Defibrillator On Wall

Update The HeartSafe Map With Your AED Information

Help us by keeping your AED location information up to date and make all Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) easy to locate throughout the UK. Please allow 2 working days for the AED updates to be added to our map.

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Register Your AED

HeartSafe® AED Locator encourages the awareness of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) by offering a website map where owners, communities and businesses can place and locate the defibrillators

This FREE service operates by email only. If you experience any issues or have any enquiries relating to the completion of this form please email enquiries@heartsafe.org.uk.

Help us by adding your AED in making all Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) easy to locate throughout the UK. Please allow 2 working days for the AED to be added to our map.

To register your AED please complete the form below including the www.what3words.com exact location data.

Find out more about our AED Locator service here.

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AED Locator Service

The service of providing locations of PADs throughout the UK is provided by HeartSafe® AED Locator. It is free for communities, businesses and people who own AEDs who wish to offer them for public use to add. We ask all participants listing their AEDs to ensure information is accurate and the AEDs are “rescue ready” at all times. This is a voluntary service and we aim to add these PAD sites within 28 days. 

This AED locations website is independent and has been set up to assist people looking to find where their local AEDs may be positioned. It is useful for local residents to know where their nearest AED may be as well as for those travelling on holiday. We do not forward your location information to any third party. Registered on this website does not automatically register with your local Ambulance Service. AEDs in HeartSafe® cabinets that we have placed in communities, businesses, schools and sports centres throughout the UK would however have been notified to their respective local Ambulance Service.

By adding your AED to this map, it is not automatically registered with the Ambulance Service. Please ensure you inform your local Ambulance Service of the location of your defibrillator along with access arrangements.

Why HeartSafe® Uses The AED Locator

HeartSafe® AED Locator encourages the awareness of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) by offering a website map where owners, communities and businesses can place and locate the defibrillators in their local area.

In the event of a suspected SCA (Sudden Cardiac Arrest) the observer and those present must report immediately the incident by ringing the Emergency Services 999. Instructions will be given by the Operator how to assist in the incident. The Emergency Services will advise the caller who reports the incident how to assist.

In good faith, the information provided by others that we display is believed to be correct. In using this website’s data, the user must be aware that the presence of a location of an AED on the map:-

  • Does not guarantee the location is geographically correct. Location information provided on the map has been provided by third parties. We have displayed this information on the map in all good faith to encourage the public to become acquainted with the nearest AEDs in their local community. AEDs continue to grow in numbers with local initiatives, expanding their accessibility and increasing their early deployment. 
  • Does not indicate an absolute right to use the AED. 
  • Does not indicate the AED is guaranteed to be available 24/7.
  • Does not indicate the AED is in full working order. Frequent governance checks are recommended to ensure all equipment is operational but no guarantee can be given.
  • Does not confirm that these are the only AEDs available in each of the locations or other areas. Daily, new defibrillators are being placed to provide greater coverage and accessibility. Other organisations may have placed AEDs available for public access and we would recommend wherever you live, you acquaint yourself with your nearest Public Access Defibrillator. 

Photographs of HeartSafe® Communities .....Ain't No Mountain High Enough.....

Heartsafe external defibrillator at clifton suspension bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol

External Defibrillator at Mount Snowdon
Snowdon, Wales
External Defibrillator

Stepper Point, Cornwall

Defibrillator outside of West Suffolk House

West Suffolk House

Group of people posing with External Defibrillator Cabinet

Banwell, North Somerset

External Defibrillator at Cheese and Grain, Frome
Cheese & Grain, Frome
External Defibrillator at Frome Fire Station

Frome Fire Station

External Defibrillator at UWE

University of the West of England,

Levington Harbour

External Defibrillator at Thatchers Cider in Sandford
Thatchers Cider, Sandford, North Somerset
External Defibrillator On Portishead Folk Hall

Portishead Town Council

External Defibrillator Cabinet

Kentallen Duror

AED Locations

The HeartSafe® AED Locator map lists the closest defibrillators near you in your business, sports club, school or community. First, search and find your nearest defibrillator location using your postcode in case of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). Then, find your nearest Heart Restarter.

MAP LOADING TIMES MAY VARY DEPENDING ON DEVICES AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS

Access 24-7

Limited Access

MAP ACCESS KEY

Click the icon in the map and an “information bubble” will appear showing the location of the defibrillator including access information. GREEN Hearts indicate public access defibrillators that are always available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ORANGE Hearts indicate limited access defibrillators – the “information bubble” will show which days/hours the defibrillator is available for public use.

Life saving defibrillators can be clearly identified in their prominent green cabinet and green overhanging sign, the colour recommended by the international Resuscitation Council.

ABOUT THE AED LOCATOR MAP

The AED locator map offers the public the opportunity to check in their community where defibrillators are closest to your place of home or work. The map identifies defibrillators that are registered by their owners throughout the UK and are listed on the map as they are happy to share access in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest. Anyone owning or providing a defibrillator to their community can freely register it’s availability here.

The map is to encourage people to learn the whereabouts of their nearest defibrillator in advance of ever needing to use one in an emergency. Having this knowledge will save time once you ring 999 and make contact with the emergency services.

The HeartSafe cabinets that are located throughout the uk are clearly identified with the exact address of their location with postcode. We are currently encouraging all cabinets to be registered using the what3words location. Our goal is for every member of the public to have quick and immediate access to a local defibrillator. Saving time saves lives, with Christian Eriksen being the most recent high profile example witnesses by the world during EURO 2020.

REMEMBER, in an emergency always report the suspected SCA immediately to the Ambulance Service… 

Call 999 and follow their instructions.

If you are looking to place a new Public Access Defibrillator in your community, HeartSafe® recommend the Heartsine 500P with its unique CPR feedback – watch the video to see it in action.

HeartSafe® AED Locator recommends the British made HeartSine 500P defibrillator. HeartSafe® believe the HeartSine Samaritan 500P with its unique ICG technology is second to none when saving lives by in experienced helpers. It is specifically designed for lay people with little or no training as well as trained personnel. It is the only defibrillator to provide accurate CPR feedback to the user. Watch the video to the right – its awesome!

HeartSine 500P, click here to view other HeartSine models comparison chart. Contact us now to discuss HeartSine defibrillators for your community, home or work.

Important notice to guardians and PAD site owners

We need to maintain accurate information of your defibrillator availability and your AED location details. This will allow us to continue with your registration on the free AED Locator map. Please help us by re-registering your AED here as soon as possible. Your prompt assistance in this matter will help us to keep your community safe and support this local service.

Our Recommended Defibrillator For Sports Clubs

HeartSine Rucksack with 500P Defibrillator

As part of our push to get to ensure lives are saved within both amateur and professional sports clubs. HeartSafe recommends the HeartSine P500 Defibrillator. This defibrillator has been voted by HeartSafe AED Locator as the number 1 AED (automated external defibrillator) to save lives, no matter if someone has had any formal training or not… This is designed specifically for lay people with little or no training. Place an order today to participate in our sports clubs defibrillator special

AED LOCATOR MAP FAQs

No, the map shows PAD sites that have been registered by caring owners who wish to share their defibrillator with the community. There may be many hundreds of non-registered defibrillators. In a emergency call 999 and the ambulance service will advise you on what to do.

We request a monitoring guardian who monitors each PAD to ensure it is rescued ready at all times. There is no guarantee that it will be there when you need it as it may have been recently deployed and awaiting a returned to service.

We recommend an initial discussion to establish the best location and type of housing for your defibrillator. Do not rush and make a quick purchase until you have received professional advice to ensure your investment is made correctly using the best proven products with longest warranty.

 

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A frequently asked question, HeartSafe defibrillators are provided with instructions on how to return your AED to its cabinet or owner. There also may be instructions held with the defibrillator that you use. Remember, early returns can save lives!

Your actions in giving voluntary assistance to the best of your ability in the quickest way possible is all that can be asked. Remain online when talking to the ambulance service for instructions.

Heartsafe recommend the Samaritan 500p because of its ICG (Impedance cardiography) with accurate CPR feedback. The defibrillator verbally instructs you in both speed and strength of the compressions insuring you provide quality CPR.

 

See how this defibrillator works.

 

Buy our recommended defibrillator.

Heartsafe’s team is here to help you find the right defibrillator for your community. See our defibrillator packages today.

Once you have purchased a defibrillator you can register your defibrillator on our map.

About HeartSafe®

Welcome to the UK’s leading Public Access Defibrillator website. Our aims and principles have not changed. Saving lives is our first and foremost objective.

Protect lives & make your community HeartSafe®

Why HeartSafe®

Welcome to the UK’s leading Public Access Defibrillator website. AED Locator is pleased to introduce you to the www.heartsafe.org.uk website.
Our aims and principles have not changed. Saving lives is our first and foremost objective.

Using innovative, advanced technology with HeartSafe® Public Access Cabinets and Defibrillators, we provide communities with proven solutions to obtain AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) in the quickest time possible should a sudden cardiac arrest occur.

If your community does not have quick and easy access to a defibrillator, a life could be lost unnecessarily. Don’t delay, follow the HeartSafe® initiative and protect your family and friends.

Expertise to Guide You in Choosing the Right AED

  • Because every individual Public Access Defibrillator location is different from the next, we recommend you use our experience to advise you. We have already placed thousands of defibrillators in different locations throughout the UK.
  • From the top of the mountains of Snowdonia to the rugged coastline of Cornwall, from the fells in Cumbria to the Mendip Hills, from the Highlands and Islands in Scotland to inner-city areas of major cities, along with hundreds of towns, villages and rural communities. Our experience cannot be surpassed.

Easy to Use, British Manufactured, CE rated, Stainless Steel, AED Cabinets

  • The HeartSafe® cabinet package is designed to last for a generation and longer. We believe the quality of our hand-crafted and finished stainless steel cabinets is the very best money can buy. The defibrillators we recommend are to suit best your needs and requirements. Futureproof, with lock/, unlock settings. Illuminated lock, a medical green beacon for maximum visibility at night. Tested in extreme conditions down to -40°. Bespoke cabinet wording with location information.
  • If laypeople are likely to be the end-users do not make the mistake of purchasing a defibrillator that does not provide the user with CPR feedback. It will not necessarily cost more money, but it will improve the CPR performance of the layperson. Defibrillators do not shock every time when used on a patient, only when a shockable arrhythmia is detected. Approximately 50% of the time when used, it does not shock and the good Samaritan® that is assisting is left to do CPR. Make sure your AED guides you accurately in giving CPR allowing the patient a greater chance of survival.
  • You are only likely to purchase such a piece of technical equipment once, so make sure you get it right the first time. We offer 8-year warranties on cabinets and defibrillators. Your investment needs careful research and we are happy to provide you with an individual quotation tailored to your needs. Contact us now
  • It is claimed 70% of people giving CPR make no effective difference to the survival of the patient. It is not as simple as watching CPR being performed on the TV series Casualty to know what to do. Being able to provide quality CPR with sufficient blood being circulated allowing oxygen to reach the brain. Sadly too many people having suffered SCA do not survive as the brain is damaged through lack of oxygen. Being able to give quality CPR whilst the Emergency Services are on their way is essential for the patient to survive. Sadly despite the samaritan’s best endeavours the depth and rate of chest compressions are not sufficient. However, the Heartsine 500P with accurate CPR feedback will help to maintain high-quality CPR with a greater chance of survival.
  • A quality-controlled method of recognising the standard for your Public Access Defibrillator site monitored and supported by HeartSafe® AED Locator, simple and accurate.
  • HeartSafe® AED Locator and the HeartSine Samaritan® PAD 500P defibrillator are British manufactured and assembled. Buy the best.

The Chew Valley Initiative 2007... how it all began

A local GP referred to the Chew Valley area of North Somerset (about 9 miles south of Bristol) as “Death Valley”. This was overheard by Clive Setter who lived and worked in the Valley who subsequently spoke to his sister, Trudie Lobban who is the CEO of the Arrhythmia Alliance Charity. A cunning plan was devised to commence a pilot scheme linked with the Great Western Ambulance Service (now South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust) to place Public Access Defibrillators in secure weatherproof heated cabinets throughout the Valley. Some 16 Villages were targeted. Local communities were appraised of the initiative and supported it. CPR training sessions commenced.

The “Death Valley” became the “Safe Valley” and HeartSafe® was born with each Village becoming HeartSafe® and having a greater opportunity of using a defibrillator in the following few vital minutes after a cardiac arrest was suspected whilst the Emergency Services made their way to the incident.

2020 - 2021 - Covid-19

Despite this difficult time, communities, businesses and sports clubs have continued to invest in HeartSafe® defibrillator packages. There has never been a more important time to ensure a life saving defibrillator is at the end of your road within the community.

How We Can Help You in your Community...

  • Are you looking to provide a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) in your community, sports club, place of business or school? There is nowhere we cannot help you. Do you wish to purchase a cabinet and defibrillator, seeking advice on awareness/training? If so, contact us here for experienced unbiased advice and guidance on the best approach to make your community HeartSafe®.
  • If you already own a defibrillator and you would like to purchase a cabinet and place it on the HeartSafe® AED Locator website for the public to know its position? For more information, click here.
  • Do you already own a cabinet and wish to place it on the HeartSafe® AED Locator website? For more information, click here.
  • Do you wish to become a guardian in your community and wish to establish a community scheme? For more information, click here.
  • Are you a community first responder and would like to know where your nearest defibrillator is in your community? For more information, click here.
  • Any other questions however unusual they may be, please send them to post@heartsafe.org.uk for our team of advisers to help and hopefully answer.

Ambulance Services Benevolent Fund

At any time in our lives, it is likely that we will need the help of the Emergency Services. Our health and our well-being is the most important valuable part of our day-to-day life. When things go wrong we call for help and in a matter of minutes, trained paramedics can be on the scene assisting us. As soon as they arrive and attend to our problems and if necessary speed us to hospital, the paramedics are often out of our minds as they move on to the next emergency. 

If you ever felt you wish to thank these skilled, trained professionals who are challenged each day, then please consider making a donation directly to their Benevolent Fund to assist their members who may well need support due to accidents and illness encountered in their efforts to help others. Each day thousands of people view this website and if only a few are able to offer donations to the Ambulance Services Benevolent Fund (ASBF) then it will be hugely appreciated.

Please donate to this very worthy cause

https://www.theasc.org.uk/our-story/

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HeartSafe® Testimonials

“I actually died on the squash court floor”

Here are some real-life stories of people who have been fortunate enough to have had their lives saved by a HeartSafe defibrillator after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest.

The Sir Ranulph Fiennes Story – A Good Day to Die

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, as described by the Guinness Book of Records, is the greatest living explorer.  In 1993 he became one of the first men to walk unaided across Antarctica, overcoming life-threatening situations in the process.

When you hear his name you think fitness and stamina but in June 2003 after boarding a flight to Edinburgh at Bristol Airport he suffered a Sudden Cardiac Arrest.  Fortunately the Airport’s firefighters were able to revive Sir Ranulph using an Automatic External Defibrillator, a device that shocks the heart.  He later underwent a double heart bypass operation at Bristol Royal Infirmary Hospital.

Sir Ranulph doesn’t remember anything three days prior to the attack as well as the three days after the attack, so his thoughts on his heart stopping are all second hand.

He says of the arrest “I know I am amazingly lucky to have had a Sudden Cardiac Arrest at an airport that had a defibrillator in easy reach and had the expert assistance of the Blue Watch of the Bristol Airport Fire Station who were able to attend immediately”.

“In future all expeditions I embark on will have a defibrillator as a standard kit along with morphine, a first aid kit etc”

 

“I also feel very lucky to be alive, because the truth is most people who suffer a Cardiac Arrest are not in hospital surrounded by doctors, but at home or in public places.  Many do not survive because life-saving treatment simply does not come quickly enough”.

“The surgeons and firefighters who worked in me all say the key item in surviving a Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the availability of a defibrillator within 2 or 3 minutes.  This means that defibrillators should be available in places where there are lots of people such as supermarkets, shopping centres, airports etc.”

“If you had a defibrillator, which is a small comparatively inexpensive item, set up in these places as it will make all the difference – I know because I’m alive because there was one at an airport”.

The Gary Humphries Story – “Kick Start your Heart!”

‘I actually died on the squash court floor’, said Gary of Caerphilly, South Wales.

Gary Humphries will never forget the time his heart stopped beating for more than two minutes as he played his weekly game of squash.  The 49-year old suffered a Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the middle of a game in November 2003 and had no pulse or heartbeat.

Fortunately for Gary, he and his squash partner were playing at the Hawthorne Leisure Centre in Rhondda Cynon Taff, where a new type of resuscitation device was available.  

The LIFEPAK™ defibrillator was put on his chest and moments later his heart was beating again.

Gary said: ‘I felt nothing, no pain or anything.  In fact, I remember very little about it.  I was clinically dead for 2 minutes.  I would not have pulled through but for the defibrillator, and if we hadn’t gone to that particular Leisure Centre I’d be dead.”

7 out of 10 Cardiac Arrests such as that suffered by Gary, happen outside the hospital and only a tiny fraction of victims survive, largely because of the lack of rapidly available resuscitation equipment.

The chances of survival drop by up to 10% for every minute that goes by without treatment.

Less than 5% of people in the UK survive Cardiac Arrest outside hospital whereas the rate in Seattle climbed to 40% after defibrillators were been made available to the public.

Gary was playing against his friend and work colleague, Mike Smith, when he collapsed, and together they campaigned for a defibrillator to be installed at their workplace.  Since Gary resumed work in September 2004, their employer, General Electric, has invested in a defibrillator.

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