Village Defibrillator

Our defibrillator was installed in November 2021 by The Community Heartbeat Trust (CHT), funded by USRA membership contributions from village residents. It’s safely stored inside a black plastic circular box located on the outside of Venezia building on Westminster Drive, postcode NG12 2NL, and is identified as unit CPAD 3274 and registered with EMAS (East Midlands Ambulance Service) withWhat3words location of ///owners.voltages.eager.

It’s looked after by volunteers within our community, and doesn’t need a code to open up the box.

How to use the defibrillator

If someone has a cardiac arrest and you are asked by the Emergency Services to use the defibrillator, then they will talk you through how it works as well as the unit ‘speaking’ the instructions too. Follow these links to online training that you can view anytime:

• Upper Saxondale Zoll 3 training video created for our village defibrillator by CHT (5 mins)

• Community Defibrillators, how they work, can I be sued, CPR produced by CHT (24 minutes)

• How to save a life with CPR and a defibrillator produced by CHT and Norfolk Accident Rescue Service (6½ minutes)

• Zoll AED 3 CPR and AED training produced by Action First Aid (3½ minutes) our defibrillator is in a black plastic circular box and not a save station metal cabinet

• Defibrillator awareness from the British Heart Foundation (2½ minutes)

• Lifesaver has interactive films to guide you through using a defibrillator (various times)

The CHT has produced a really helpful DRs ABCD poster with clear instructions about what to do if someone collapses:
Danger - ensure the scene is safe
Response - check the casualty needs help
Shout - shout for help
Airway - ensure airway is open and clear
Breathing - look for normal breathing
Compressions - not breathing normally? Start compressions!
Defibrillation - get someone to fetch a defibrillator

You can view and download a larger version of
the poster by following this link.