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North Tyneside beaches get defibrillator

North Tyneside's beaches will be an even safer place this summer thanks to First Responder Co-ordinator Barbara Broadbelt who has donated a heart defibrillator to the beaches for the summer season.

Geoff Wade and Lisa Currie demonstrate using the defib

The defibrillators, which are used to shock the heart of a patient who has had a cardiac arrest, have previously only been carried by paramedics and specially trained first-responder units, but now North Tyneside's beach lifeguards will be trained in their use in the case of anybody having a heart attack on the beaches. NSVL's Defibrillator Instructors will be used to provide the initial and ongoing training in this sophisticated piece of equipment throughout the summer.

Beach lifeguards are already trained to a high standard in CPR, but without early heart defibrillation within 8 minutes the chances of survival for a heart attack patient are small.

Hopefully the defibrillator will not have to be used, but if the worse should happen on the beach help will be close at hand.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 September 2006 )