Ambulance service launches campaign to mend broken hearts

Getting a defibrillator to patients earlier could mean that more people survive a cardiac arrest. In a bid to increase the number of defibrillators in the community, NEAS and the North East Ambulance Service Charitable Fund are offering £500 funding and support to community groups in 60 target areas of the north east. Community development officer Alex Mason said, “We know that only 8.7% of patients who had resuscitation attempted on them survived to be discharged from hospital. When a heart stops ...