New Defibrillator for Beaminster
Keeping the town, and all who live and visit, safe and secure is hugely important, which is why The Town Council has organised a brand-new defibrillator for Beaminster. Located just off the town square and outside the entrance to The Fleet Club at 8 Fleet Street, Beaminster, DT8 3EF, the defibrillator is a critical life-saving device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. A second defibrillator is currently available at the Beaminster Masonic Hall, Bridport Road, DT8 3LU
The purchase of the new defibrillator has been made possible through the kind funding by a grant donated from the Beaminster Coop Community Fund.
How to use the Defibrillator
The Defibrillator has a lock which is only accessibly through obtaining a code to the cabinet. You do this through dialling 999 and get the code from the Emergency Services. At the same time, the Emergency Services will then also send out help to the location of the defibrillator.
Once you’ve obtained the code and you have access to the cabinet, the defibrillator will tell you exactly what to do. It is fully-automated, so you don’t need to worry about trying to figure things out.
If the situation arises that you need to use the defibrillator, please notify the Town Council immediately, so that, together with the emergency services, they are able to ensure that the machine is ready to use for the next emergency.
Why are Defibrillators important?
According to the British Heart Foundation, less than 1 in 10 people in the UK survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This has been partly attributed to two factors that communities can change:
- there aren’t enough people prepared to perform CPR when someone has a cardiac arrest
- there aren’t enough defibrillators.
By having a defibrillator in our community and by training people in CPR, we can play an important part in saving more lives. For more information about Defibrillators in Communities, visit the BHF website here.
Defibrillator Training
The Beaminster Town Council are in the process of setting up an open training session for anyone in the community who would like to learn how to use the machine. As soon as the dates and times have been confirmed, these will be published.
About the Co-op Community Fund
The Co-op Local Community Fund helps pay for local projects that Co-op members care about. Every time members shop at Co-op, 1% of what they spend on selected own-branded products and services goes to help fund community projects, like this one. Co-op goes one step further in also giving all money raised from shopping bag sales to their causes too. Find out more about the fund, here.
If you have any queries about this, or any other related issue, please get in touch with the Town Council team, here.
