FREE Defibrillator Training - 19th January 2017

Does your community have a defibrillator?  Would you know how to use it in an emergency?

If you don’t have one in your village, have you considered having one – either by fundraising as a community to buy one or obtaining a grant from the British Heart Foundation?

All these questions will be answered at the Community Council for Berkshire (CCB) training event to be held on Thursday 19th January 2017 at Woolhampton village hall, near Thatcham 7pm -9.30pm. The training event will be run by Heartstart Thatcham and will include a practical demonstration of how to use defibrillators. This training is FREE to attend and light refreshments will be provided.

The Heartstart Thatcham Training will cover what to do in the following medical emergencies:
Priorities/the conscious casualty
The unconscious casualty
Cardiac arrest (including CPR & AED)
Suspected heart attack
Choking
Serious bleeding
The course is delivered as a mixture of practical and theory. 

Access to rural areas can be time consuming for community first responders and emergency services, particularly if the weather is bad, so the knowledge of local people could save a life!

The meeting is being funded with a grant from Southern Electric Power Distribution Resilient Communities Fund and Adult Community Learning West Berkshire Council.   

If you would like to attend, please book a place by emailing wendy.dacey@ccberks.org.uk  or phone 0118 9612000. If you are unable to attend this date but would like to register your interest in attending future defibrillator training please also e-mail wendy.dacey@ccberks.org.uk with your details and the village you live in.