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
As January unfolds and social media floods with declarations of new gym memberships and diet plans, I find myself reflecting on a different kind of resolution for our cardiac arrest conference. While I haven’t penned down the traditional New Year’s promises, Thursday’s planning meeting for our upcoming 10 Years Together conference ignited something far more … Read more