Fab group post from one of our members the other day… “Hi, I am a community first responder for the Welsh ambulance service. I have an AED in a heated cabinet on my house for the public to use if needed. My local community helped me raise the money to buy them both.” What a … Read more
Doctor Hans van Schuppen who describes himself as an Anesthesiologist and Resuscitationist tweeted today an impressive statistic coming out of the Dutch resuscitation community… “In Holland, an #AED is placed before ambulance arrival in 65% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases. One-month survival is around 25% (total, all initial rhytms). The AED is getting so … Read more
I woke up in a hospital bed in the CCU ward of the Royal Free Hospital on 22nd December, 1994. My wife, Adele, was sitting beside my bed and I asked her what was happening and where was I? I had arrived at my office the previous morning to collect some files, and had just … Read more