Life-saving defibrillators are being/have been installed at two sites used by Nottingham CityCare, the city’s largest provider of NHS community-based services.
This means first aiders will be able to treat patients suffering cardiac arrest more effectively while they wait for ambulance crews to arrive.
Installing the portable automated external defibrillators has been led by CityCare Health Centre Manager Naima Rahman, who said: “When someone suffers a cardiac arrest every second counts so it is important defibrillators are as accessible as possible.
“Some of our sites - those sharing facilities with a GP surgery, for example - had access to defibrillators but this isn’t the case across the board so it made sense to install our own machines at Health Point in Top Valley and at Radford Health Centre.”
Training in how to use the machines was provided by East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Date published: 12 September 2024
