Great news everyone!
Hooley now has a community defibrillator! Hopefully, this will never be required but, if ever needed it is fitted to the Hooley Village Hall in St Margarets Road, to the left of the main entrance doors!
Our thanks go to our local electrician and neighbour Andy Young, and his colleagues from Watt Electrical Services who, fitted the defibrillator today…………………….
Our defibrillator is registered with The Circuit, the national defibrillator network The Circuit – the national defibrillator network
The defibrillator is stored in an illuminated and temperature controlled secure cabinet and is accessed by using a push button code which, is provided by the emergency services when the caller tells the operator the location, This is given on the cabinet door and is a code for What3Words what3words /// The simplest way to talk about location which, is now used by all ambulance services across the UK.
Watch this space for news and information on a training session on how to use the defibrillator and how to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which, we will try to arrange for those who wish to attend very soon – although the defibrillator is VERY easy to use and an audio guide talks you through what to do when using it.
Many thanks again to Andy and his team, and to everybody else who, has contributed something to making this important community initiative a great success. There are far too many of you to mention! Also, to Mick Nelson of Nelson’s Bar and Pizzeria who, has undertaken to be our ‘defibrillator guardian’ to ensure it is working correctly and ready for use if ever needed.
