A LIFE-saving defibrillator has been installed at Wilminstone Industrial Estate, Tavistock to help give cardiac arrest victims a fighting chance of survival.

The RM Builders office on the estate is to become a community of lifesavers after it has been fitted with a public access defibrillator (PAD) and the company awarded a CPR training kit by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

RM Builders and Contractors Ltd received the Call Push Rescue training kit following its successful application for a Nation of Lifesavers Community Package from the charity.

The community package contains the innovative kit which includes everything needed to learn CPR in half and hour. RM Builders plans to run training sessions in the local community meaning everyone can become potential lifesavers.

Hazel Williams, HR officer for RM Builders, said: ’We are delighted to have been awarded this lifesaving package. The defibrillator will be placed in our office at Wilminstone Industrial Estate meaning that local people have the best chance of survival should they suffer a cardiac arrest. We’re keen to get as many people as possible trained in CPR too, so please do get in touch with us.’

The defibrillator is a portable device that can be used by a member of the public to help restart the heart when someone has a cardiac arrest. This is when the heart stops pumping blood around the body and they lose consciousness almost at once.

For more information and to enquire about local training, contact Hazel Williams on 01822 618555 or email [email protected]

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