DEFIBRILLATORS
Following the decision to equip each of the villages with defibrillators, the Parish Council secured a grant from the Marlborough Area Board and reserved additional funds in the budget for 2019-20 to enable four machines to be purchased;
A Defibrillators Project Team was set up and arrangements were made with the South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust ( SWASFT); the Wiltshire Council’s preferred provider. SWAST advised on the most appropriate location for the machines which are sited as follows:
- Fyfield: St Nicholas Church porch,
- Lockeridge: the Whoda thought it pub porch,
- Kennet Valley Hall,
- West Overton: the phone box
SWAST provides an annual training session for residents on using the machines and basic first aid as well as stocking and maintaining the machines.
SWAST have made available a short video ( YouTube) demonstrating how to deliver effective Basic Life Support under the amended guidance for COVID but does not include using a defibrillator. The video was created for the ‘Restart a Heart’ day 2020 RAH. See: Restart a Heart Day 2020 – YouTube