Save a life- fund a community defibrillator

I am a local GP and am exposed to a significant amount of data regarding ambulance resourcing and response times in the local area, which I am sure you are aware are far from acceptable at present (90 minutes for a conscious heart attack patient). As a not insignificant proportion of the residents in our local region are over the age of 60 I feel that a community accessible defibrillator would be an excellent addition to the neighborhood. As a general practitioner, I have been asked to attend several emergencies within the neighbourhood as a "good Samaritan" and whilst none of these have, thankfully, required cardiac resuscitation, I would be extremely frustrated if current waiting times resulted in a preventable fatality due to lack of prompt defibrillation. Defibrillation is one of the most essential critical care tools available, which has clearly been recognised around aberavon beach with the numerous defibrillators placed around the area, as 999 operators can direct callers to their nearest defibrillator and allowing prompt treatment. I strongly feel that a defibrillator would be a huge benefit to the local community on Water Street.

The Grand Sultan restaurant has kindly offered to install the defibrillator and contribute towards the costs.

I have spoken to the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust and they will register and maintain one for £2000 which would be publicly accessible via a code (so 999 could direct people nearby to use it) and could potentially save a life within the community if someone has a cardiac arrest.

Having spoken to the ambulance trust regarding recommended equipment, costs will be £2000

Case: https://defibwarehouse.co.uk/shop/cabinets-brackets/defibsafe2-secure-locked/ (£600)

Defibrillator:

https://www.aedexpert.co.uk/zoll-aed-plus-fully-automatic-defibrillator.html (£1400)

Free Defib training (takes 15 mins) is available here

https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/how-to-do-cpr/learn-cpr-in-15-minutes

I am hoping to organise a CPR/defibrillator training session once the defibrillator is installed to educate local residents on emergency first aid.

Thank you for any contributions! Any funds remaining after purchasing & installing the defibrillator will be donated to the British Heart Foundation.