UWE – University of West of England

Sport Clubs

The University of West of England led the initiative of easy to access public access defibrillators in all of their campus sites in Bristol in 2013. “Staying safe” on and off-campus as well as the health/wellbeing of students, staff and visitors is at the forefront of their beliefs.
A comprehensive study was undertaken by HeartSafe® AED Locator with the Health & Safety Department of the University. Five locations were chosen and each site was supported by local security staff who maintain the management and monitoring of the cabinets. This reassuring initiative of installing defibrillators allows confidence for all involved, particularly the active sports grounds and busy halls of residence.

Whether it is football, rugby, cricket, tennis, bowls, swimming, a story can be told about every sport where a person has unnecessarily died of cardiac arrest as a defibrillator was not close to hand. Let's us now make changes to avoid further lives being lost. Install a HeartSafe® cabinet and AED as part of this year's training plan.
When reading this page, a person will come to mind who you would have heard of or known that would have had a cardiac arrest and sadly died. Regrettably, there are more stories told of people who have died than survived. Help reverse this trend - deploy a defibrillator.
Contact sports increase the chances of cardiac arrest. Tens of thousands of people daily are involved in a sport, only a few percent may be covered with an AED close to them.