Sudden cardiac arrest strikes without warning. It knows no boundaries, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives around the world every year. People of all ages, fitness levels and walks of life succumb to it and most don’t survive. Sudden cardiac arrest can leave a tragic void in families, work places and communities.

However there is hope, because there is treatment

Every day, someone like you helps save a life using an automatic external defibrillator (AED). An AED is a small portable electronic device that analyses the heart's rhythm and delivers a shock only if it is needed. About the size of a laptop computer, an AED is intuitive, safe and easy to use. It tells the user what to do with voice and visual prompts.

	It strikes without warning taking the lives of 250 people a day in the UK
	Less than 5% of its victims survive in the UK
	It kills more people than lung or breast cancer
	It can happen to anyone even young athletes
	Defibrillation is the only treatment
	Defibrillation within three minutes increases your chance of survival to over 70%

Quick action by the first person on scene, can truly make a difference in saving a life. Automatic external defibrillators make early defibrillation readily available and are easy to use, even for lay people with minimal training.

Immediate Defibrillation is the only answer Survival rates drop 7-10% every minute without defibrillation CPR is a temporary measure that maintains blood flow and oxygen to the brain. It will not return a heart to normal rhythm. Only defibrillation can return a heart to a normal rhythm. Quick action by the first person on scene, can truly make a difference in saving a life.

Time is critical when sudden cardiac arrest strikes, you only have a matter of minutes to restart the heart. A chain of survival is the worldwide guidelines for response to sudden cardiac arrest. Quick action by the first person on scene, can truly make a difference in saving a life.