CREW Community Public Access Defibrillator partnership

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity is pleased to announce a new partnership which will support the installation of much needed defibrillators in the Calderdale and Kirklees area.

 

Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity has joined forces with Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise and Walking Heart Support Group (CREW HSG) to provide more community Public Access Defibrillators (cPADs) in the rural and urban areas across the district.  
 

Generously funded by CREW, the Calderdale and Kirklees cPAD Scheme has been provided with £10,000 to install up to 20 new cPADs which can be used by bystanders in the event of an emergency to deliver first aid ahead of the arrival of an ambulance should a cardiac arrest happen in the community.  

The scheme aims to save lives by working with communities and sites to:
  • Install Community Public Access Defibrillators (cPADs) at locations which do not have a cPAD within 600m or have priority needs. 
  • Encourage communities and groups to take local guardianship of cPADs through a collaborative funding approach. 
  • Provide free training on how to access emergency services, CPR and how to use a defibrillator.
  • Help to register the cPAD on The Circuit where it will link into the network used by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to support the public in the event of an emergency which requires a defibrillator.
For more information and how to apply see below.