All Schools should have defibrillators to restart the Heart
An Early Day Motion was tabled in Parliament in 2007 on behalf of SADS congratulating the charity with their lifesaving work and urging Government to bring forward a strategy to make defibrillators available on all school premises. SADS initiated the Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in schools campaign which has moved forward apace since its inception. Many lives have been saved by the prompt use of a defibrillator.
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A defibrillator is a machine used to give an electric shock to restart a patient's heart when they are in cardiac arrest.
Government should legislate to make defibrillators compulsory in all schools.
All schools should have sufficient defibrillators in prominent positions such that any person suffering a cardiac arrest can be reached within 3 minutes from the defibrillator location.
