Defibrillator storage cabinet wall mount
Sep 14

Why Defibrillator Equipment Is Needed Everywhere

Sep 14

If your premises has a portable defibrillator, a storage cabinet wall mount can be an extremely useful means of storing it, not least as access to it is sure to be a matter of urgency.

This is true in any instance, but it may be even more so if yours is the only defibrillator in the vicinity. It may be that someone has to race across from quite a distance to get to it in an emergency, as there is nothing closer.

Such an issue may have been on many minds recently, following a couple of reports that, put together, highlighted the disparity in the availability of defibrillators around the UK.

Late last month, West Midlands Police revealed that the proceeds of crime seized from criminals in the area had been put to good use, paying for ten defibrillators that would be put into police vans.

This will enable the force to assist anyone suffering a cardiac arrest in their presence, especially at major public events where their vans are present, like sporting fixtures and concerts.

By contrast, a British Heart Foundation survey recently identified the ten worst places in Britain to have a heart attack, due to the scarcity of defibrillators.

These included specific areas in Grimsby, Halifax, Blackpool, and Dewsbury, Pontypool and Cardiff in Wales, Kilmarnock and Greenock in Scotland, and the Northern Irish towns of Dunmurry and Lisburn.

Some of these may come as a surprise. The Cardiff district in question, Gabalfa, is not far north of the city centre, while Revoe in Blackpool is close to the football ground at Bloomfield Road, which, like other such venues, will have at least one defibrillator.

One might jest that this means one of the worst places to have a heart attack is while walking home after watching a shocking Blackpool FC performance, while the best is after being arrested at a match in Birmingham. Yet this is no laughing matter.

Of course, these are at either extreme of the spectrum of defibrillator provision, but it does go to show you can never have too many defibrillators, and easy access to yours could be the one chance a heart attack victim has of surviving.