Our very first Community Defibrillator has been installed!
I had only ever seen a picture of the outside cabinet before so it was a surprise when this enormous box arrived and we unpacked it. My goodness it is a heavy and tough piece of kit and looked like a weird UFO - bigger than it looked in the picture.
It took three men (thank you Ian, Reg and Mike) and several hours to install the beast. Wiring had to be threaded through from the loft of the yacht club to the cabinet. In cold weather the defib' pads inside are kept warm and ready for use, otherwise they would crystalise. After all, when in need, there would not be time to stick them under ones armpits to warm them up!
This defib' is now up and running. If you ever need to use it just ring 999 and you will be given the code to open the cabinet.
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