On February 11th 2016, our life changed forever. My wife Susan and I were out shopping when, unexpectedly and without warning, Susan collapsed into cardiac arrest. No major health issues, no illness, no heart complaint… she just collapsed… aged 46 years. As a very experienced serving Police Officer at the time, I had experienced trauma that … Read more
The town of Benfleet, home to Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK, on the Essex Riviera, is perhaps not the first place one would expect to find a nexus of cutting-edge medical debate. Yet, like many towns and cities across the UK, it grapples with a quiet but pressing concern: the accessibility of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). … Read more
On returning from parkrun, I popped into a local Community First Responders open morning. I told the CFRs about SCA UK, and running came up because I was in my parkrun gear. I mentioned how many survivors in the group had had their SCA whilst running, cycling or doing some other energetic activity. He quipped, … Read more