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"Remarkable stories" of people's lives being saved by a defibrillator have encouraged Ravenscroft to supply a publicly-accessible unit outside their New Street office.
A fourth defibrillator has been installed in the centre of Town after the investment services company covered the cost of supplying the unit to its new office.
“Hundreds of people live and work in New Street and the neighbouring roads and we know that every second counts if someone needs to access this life saving equipment," said Group Chief Operating Officer Andrew Courtney. "We have seen in the local media remarkable stories of islanders’ lives being saved by a defibrillator and as a company which is a significant supporter of the community, we wanted to be a part of the network of defibs that are now around Guernsey.”
“Ravenscroft has covered the cost of the unit and the annual maintenance and we are grateful to our electrical contractors C8 for installing it free of charge. We are now arranging training for all our staff so they are confident in using it, although we hope that they will never be called upon.”
Pictured: Rick Denton recently donated a defib machine to Les Cotils after his life was saved by a loaned device at the centre.
Mike Froome, the Cardiac Action Group’s Community Resuscitation Development Officer, said it was fantastic that Ravenscroft had offered its office as a location and covered the costs of it being fitted.
“As a charity, we rely entirely on donations and our remit to improve cardiac services across the Bailiwick is growing," he said. "In the event of a heart attack, prompt use of CPR and a defibrillator can improve chances of survival by 10% per minute and so those living and working near to Ravenscroft’s offices have the comfort of knowing that this equipment is on their doorstep."
“If other companies want to offer their offices as Ravenscroft has done then we would be delighted to speak to them.”
Pictured top: Mike Froome and Andrew Courtney with the newly-fitted defibrillator.
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