Community

Bawtry’s 1st Community Defibrillator

Bawtry has a number of defibrillators in the town, many of which have been funded by fundraising at the St Leger Preview evening hosted at by the Crown Hotel Bawtry. They are located at:- China Rose Crown Hotel Memorial Sports Ground Bawtry Dental Practice (Swan Street) Mayflower Primary School Bawtry Medical Centre We are delighted to inform you, that again through the St Leger Preview fundraising, we have purchased the towns first ‘Community Defibrillator’ which is housed in a cabinet and installed to the outside of Bawtry Community Library (BCL)  giving 24 hour access (the defib is locked with a key code of which the ambulance control know its position and the access code). It is vital that we all learn how to use this lifesaving piece of equipment – Defibrillation within 3 minutes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest increases the chances of survival by 35 percent – used within one minute of […]

Bawtry has a number of defibrillators in the town, many of which have been funded by fundraising at the St Leger Preview evening hosted at by the Crown Hotel Bawtry.

They are located at:-

  • China Rose
  • Crown Hotel
  • Memorial Sports Ground
  • Bawtry Dental Practice (Swan Street)
  • Mayflower Primary School
  • Bawtry Medical Centre

We are delighted to inform you, that again through the St Leger Preview fundraising, we have purchased the towns first ‘Community Defibrillator’ which is housed in a cabinet and installed to the outside of Bawtry Community Library (BCL)  giving 24 hour access (the defib is locked with a key code of which the ambulance control know its position and the access code). It is vital that we all learn how to use this lifesaving piece of equipment – Defibrillation within 3 minutes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest increases the chances of survival by 35 percent – used within one minute of collapse raises the survival to 75 per cent!

Community defib training taking place Crown Hotel on the 18th April by Yvonne Hargreaves, Yorkshire Ambulance Service Community Defib Trainer for the Doncaster area – everyone welcome.