Public Access AED – Locations in Moate

Do you know how to use an AED/defibrillator? Do you know where your nearest one is in an emergency?

Be it in work, school or the community. Would you know what to do in an emergency?

What is an AED?

An AED is an Automated External Defibrillator. It is a portable, simple to use, computerised device. When someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest it delivers a shock to the heart to allow it to resume its normal rhythm.

What is a cardiac arrest?

A cardiac arrest is a sudden loss of heart function which causes a person to collapse. When this happens the person will not respond and will not be breathing normally (either gasping or not breathing at all). This is caused because something has gone wrong with the heart’s electrical system, and without immediate CPR and defibrillation the person will not survive.