Your Parish Council has provided a defibrillator unit in Studley Roger - on the wall of the village hall - and is soon to complete the instalation of a unit in the village of Aldfield - in the old telephone box.

A defibrillator is a device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest (having a heart attack). This high energy shock is called defibrillation, and it's an essential part in trying to save the life of someone who’s in cardiac arrest. A defibrillator may also be called a defib, an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) or a PAD (Public Access Defibrillator).

To learn more about defibfrillators and how to use them, please follow this link to the British Heart Foundation website.

https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/defibrillators

The units are in bright yellow cabinets and are easy to spot from the road.

Your Parish Council plans to organise a training session on how to use these life saving units. They ae very simple to use; they tell you - literally - what to do and you cannot make a mistake if you follow the instructions.

Please watch this space.