The life saving charity offering free heart screening, part funded heart screening and part funded defibrillators with free CPR Training to the whole of the UK www.calonhearts.org
Email info@calonhearts.org
Tel: 02922 402670 Charity number: 1193404
Calon Heart Screening and Defibrillators UK Charity aims to improve the accessibility and availability of lifesaving defibrillators across the country, which in turn, will help improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes – currently, less than 1 in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK. Since 2012 Calon Heart Screening & Defibrillators UK has been very busy working on the widespread provision of defibrillators across UK and to date, we have placed over 26,000 Defibrillators in communities. In Wales, there are approximately 8,000 sudden cardiac arrests outside the hospital each year. It’s shocking that the survival rate is only 3%. Where an AED or Defibrillator is used, the survival rate can increase to up to 74%.
“Unfortunately, there are not enough defibrillators in the UK or trained people to give victims the best chance of survival during those first few critical minutes. With access to more defibrillators, we can provide a vital link in the chain of survival so that even more lives can be saved throughout the country. When someone suffers a cardiac arrest, their chances of survival drop by up to 14% for every minute that passes, so a speedy response is crucial. Therefore, early defibrillation – within four to five minutes – gives the best possible chance of survival.”
In addition to placing defibrillators and training people in CPR, our heart screening program is a vital part of our work. Our charitable heart screening program has already established the benefit of screening, having identified many people with life-changing and life-limiting cardiac conditions. To date, we have screened over 11,000 people for life-threatening heart conditions. For more info please visit our website at www.calonhearts.org
or you can contact us on 02922 402 670 or 07730944700
