February 8, 2012 by admin
With tens of thousands of excited spectators attending the Amex Stadium each month there is a greatly increased chance of someone having a heart attack which can lead to a cardiac arrest. This vital lifesaving equipment and training we are providing, will, without doubt lead to saving lives.
Charity Trustees present Automated External Defibrillators to Albion manager Gus Poyet
Further background and specific information: The Sussex Heart Charity over twenty five years, has trained over 118,000 persons in vital resuscitation skills.
In 1977 the Brighton and Hove Albion football club was the first club in Europe to have paramedics on duty with vital lifesaving equipment. A report published 1982 in the British Medical Journal highlighted a number of successful resuscitations at the Goldstone ground during a 5 year period.
Administration of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) followed by defibrillation (administration of an electric shock) is the only way to re-establish a normal heart rhythm. Every minute that the heart is not beating lowers the odds of survival by 10%. After 10 minutes without defibrillation very few people survive
Andrew Cohen Chair of Sussex Heart Charity Directors