Save A Life: From Being Saved, To Saving Lives – Community Defibrillator Installed

It has been a whirlwind success, to opportunity nan least. In December 2024, Gerry and Jenny Hannam were strolling crossed Waterloo Bridge successful London, and pinch nary informing astatine all, Gerry conscionable dropped.

Out of nan bluish he suffered a cardiac arrest. Like divine intervention, a caregiver was adjacent and instantly administered CPR. At nan aforesaid time, personification from nan National Theatre realised what had happened, grabbed a defibrillator and nan efforts of some strangers dragged Gerry backmost from an almost definite death.

Despite contacting nan London Ambulance Service and nan National Theatre Gerry and Jenny were ne'er capable to personally convey those individuals, but some yearned to springiness their acknowledgment somehow. On returning to their location successful Sitio de Calahonda successful Mijas, Gerry tried to find wherever nan defibrillators were successful nan urbanisation. A cardiac apprehension tin hap to anyone, astatine immoderate clip of life, but without defibrillators, really would they moreover guidelines a chance of endurance from a cardiac apprehension without location being immoderate nearby? There was their mission!

New defibrillator astatine Pal’s Bar.
Credit: EWN

Ready to Save a Life successful nan bosom of nan community

On Friday, October 3, astatine Pal’s Bar successful nan El Zoco analyzable adjacent to nan A-7, nan first defibrillator was installed. The consequence of respective months of fundraising and nan tremendous generosity of nan section community, nan first AED (defibrillator) was installed connected nan wall extracurricular nan bar. The machine, safe to usage arsenic it detects a heartbeat and gives clear, spoken instructions connected really to usage it, will only merchandise a complaint of 15,000 volts and will only do truthful erstwhile it is safe and correct to do so. But it is there, conscionable successful case. It tin sometimes return 20 minutes aliases much for an ambulance to get successful Calahonda. In an emergency, that tin beryllium acold excessively long.

The AED itself has a move successful nan apical right-hand area which instantly changes nan recorded spoken instructions to English. If you were to touch nan unfortunate of a suspected cardiac apprehension while nan AED was successful use, it would observe your heartbeat and deem nan unfortunate to beryllium normal, and truthful not discharge a shock. That is really delicate it is and really precocious nan tech is. This is why it is safe for anyone to use.

Save a Life run astir to instal 2nd debibrillator

The Save a Life run (S.A.L.) has almost raised capable to salary for a 3rd of nan €2,000 devices. In nan coming week, nan 2nd will beryllium installed, and past another. But it goes beyond that. The Family are now proceeding backmost from nan neighbouring urbanisations of Elviria, Riveria, Mijas Pueblo and La Cala de Mijas, and astatine this stage, Age Concern Benalmadena, Mijas & Fuengirola are giving them a batch of support.

The family are now studying nan neighbouring urbanisation of Elviria. Mijas Pueblo and La Cala de Mijas are opening to return statement besides and are looking astatine redeeming lives by installing defibrillators too. Even arsenic acold arsenic Benalmadena and Torremolinos, AED installations are connected everyone’s lips.

Community comes together for AEDs

Other than generosity, this is not conscionable astir giving. This is astir america arsenic a community. It could beryllium america aliases our loved ones astatine immoderate time. Cardiac arrests do not springiness warnings. Where is your nearest disposable AED? Also connected nan books for S.A.L. is an ongoing campaign, including an online 1 to representation wherever nan AEDs are located. Waiting for nan section assembly aliases neighbourhood relation to talk fund allocation could beryllium excessively late. The organization are doing it for themselves. Defibrillators are needed now. And they are needed nearby.

On November 28, location will beryllium a expansive fundraiser, moreover bigger than their caller arena astatine Pal’s Bar. The evening astatine La Sierra Restaurant successful Cerrado del Águila Golf & Resort, Mijas, will characteristic Ricky Lavazza and Ben James singing and will beryllium nan societal arena of nan autumn. As good arsenic buying caller defibrillators, they are looking astatine courses successful CPR and AED usage to return nan fearfulness retired of performing these without fearfulness of doing it incorrect truthful we tin each prevention a life without fear. Today we raise a solid to nan exemplary activity of Gerry, Jenny and their family, without whom those connected nan verge of decease would not person nan life-saving exertion they need.

RSVP Gerry and Jenny connected 664 150 582 to get your tickets for nan Save a Life Charity Evening.