ABOUT
DEFIB PLUS
Defibrillators are not part of our business, they ARE our business - exclusively.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
1.
Failing to provide an AED may lead to a claim for negligence under common law.
2.
Survival rates drop 7-10% every minute without defibrillation.
3.
Members of the public can never do a patient any harm by using a defibrillator.
4.
Today across the UK, up to 250 people will be struck down by sudden cardiac arrest and less than 20 will survive.
5.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest, unless treated immediately by CPR and defibrillation always leads to death within minutes.
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Every six minutes someone in the UK is struck down by sudden cardiac arrest. However, only one person in every hour will survive.
news & Blogs

Government guidelines for courts – to protect the Good Samaritan
There is something notable that the Government has done to show its commitment to the approach of the general public when a member goes out of their way to potentially save the life of another.

Understand how the law now sees AEDs and the associated responsibilities
There is now and has been for a while, a culture in this country which we have adopted from the US where swathes of the legal profession will take a case on a ‘no win no fee’ basis.

Read the tragic story of Oliver King aged 12 and his father’s tireless efforts to increase the awareness of AEDs
Mark King is an inspirational individual who has strived for a number of years to see that defibrillators are in as many public places as possible.