by Abacus Training | 18 Jun, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
Abacus Training recently delivered a CPR and defibrillator session for Rugby Dog Training Club. The Dog Training Club have had a defibrillator available to them for quite some time, as they recognised the need for early CPR and defibrillation several years ago. A very...
by Abacus Training | 17 Jun, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
Debra Chaffin, 59, was at risk for a sudden cardiac arrest, but fortunately she had the protection of a wearable defibrillator, a white undergarment that she credits with saving her life. Facts Eleven days after she was diagnosed with a weak heart, she was outfitted...
by Abacus Training | 26 May, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
A new survey has found almost a fifth of Brits don’t know what it is and 45 per cent are not confident enough to perform it Thousands of Brits are needlessly dying from cardiac arrests because too many people have no idea how to perform CPR, experts warn....
by Abacus Training | 13 Mar, 2015 | Choking, CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, Legislation, News
The plans are in response to a campaign by Joanne and Dan Thompson, whose daughter Millie died after choking at a nursery in 2012. More than 100,000 people signed the couple’s online petition calling for compulsory first aid training. All Level 2 and Level 3...
by Abacus Training | 27 Feb, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
EVERY high school in the Capital will be equipped with a life-saving defibrillator to ensure that thousands of teenagers never suffer the terrible fate of teenage footballer Jamie Skinner. City chiefs have teamed up with the Scottish Ambulance Service to spend...
by Abacus Training | 11 Feb, 2015 | CPR/Defibrillation, News
Up to a quarter of defibrillators installed in public places don’t work, according to the agency in charge of registering the equipment. The Automated External Defibrillator Deployment Agency has launched a new set of guidelines in an effort to stop flat...
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