In the past few years, as well as inside various village premises and on standby for public events, Ruddington has seen the installation of several, potentially life-saving yellow and green boxes which are available to our community 24 hours a day.
There are now seven publicly accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at locations around our village, as indicated below on the updated map originally drawn up Barbara Breakwell and James Norton. In the case of a cardiac emergency, where someone’s heart stops beating, or begins beating erratically, these can be used by people at the scene with no previous training. That’s possible because the machine produces pre-recorded voice instructions which guide the user on how to automatically check the patient’s condition and apply the correct electric shocks, if required.
Firstly, Elaine Langridge of Near & Far Removals {pictured top} wishes to make villagers aware that the location of the device along Brookside Road has changed recently. “The defibrillator has been moved off the building next door and put on the wall at the side of Hill’s Garage” she reveals. This is after Ruddington Parish Council agreed to pay for the defibrillator to be removed from Near and Far’s old premises (which are now up for sale and earmarked for demolition) and installed outside their new building instead. Elaine adds: “We are paying for the electricity supply the heated cabinet uses, and maintaining it.”
Another slight change is that National Car Finder has taken over responsibility for the defibrillator on the corner of Ashworth Avenue and Rufford Road. This is the building previously occupied by Edward James Flooring. Now Jon Lee, owner of the popular used vehicle locator service, is maintaining it and covering the cost of the electricity it uses.
Ruddington’s other 24/7 publicly accessible defibrillators can be found at Artex on Pasture Lane, James Peacock School in Manor Park, St Peter’s Rooms on Church Street, Elms Park Pavilion along Loughborough Road and ‘The Hub’ on Musters Road.
A brief guide to finding and using these devices is:
- If you come across someone who isn’t breathing call 999.
- They will advise you where the nearest defibrillator is and give you a code to open the cabinet it is in.
- A defibrillator gives clear spoken instructions how to use it. If a shock isn’t needed, it will tell you.
