Shropshire nursery buzzing for defibrillators
A Shropshire nursery provider now has life-saving devices on hand at 19 of its settings in the region, thanks to support from the ambulance service and Cardiac Science.
Busy Bees nurseries, including Busy Bees Nursery in Priorslee, unveiled automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at their sites to coincide with Family Safety Week.
AEDs can help in the event of someone having a cardiac arrest, when they stop breathing and their heart stops beating.
In October last year Busy Bees took part in ‘Restart a Heart Day’ with West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS), which saw more than 37,000 youngsters receive vital life-saving training in the region.
The trust supported Busy Bees in the installations and each AED is now publicly accessible during the nursery opening hours, meaning if there’s a cardiac arrest in the nearby area, the device can be used by a member of the public to help save a life.
The latest AEDs to be installed, supplied by Cardiac Science, are part of a nationwide campaign by Busy Bees which has seen more than 350 AEDs installed in its nurseries across the UK.
Bobby Qayum, the trust’s community response manager, said: “It’s great to see that Busy Bees has made such a big investment in AEDs.
“Teaching vital CPR skills and how to recognise a cardiac arrest are important parts of the work we carry out. The more AEDs that are installed in businesses and public spaces, the more lives that can potentially be saved.”
