A VITAL automated external defibrillator (AED) which could be used to save the lives of those suffering a cardiac arrest has been placed at a Coventry community centre.
The AED has been placed at Harp Place, a centre for several local Coventry charities and community organisations.
The defibrillator has been funded by the centre and has been provided by a local charity Heartbeat UK Coventry.
Heartbeat UK aims to provide defibrillators for local community groups.
Paramedic Alpesh Mistry, who volunteers at Harp Place, said: “As a paramedic, I see just how important an AED can be in saving lives.
“The centre is in the heart of the Coventry community so this is an ideal location for such a device.
We also have lots of elderly people use the centre so it is ideally placed should it be needed.
Clearly, we hope it never will be used, but having one here means that should such an event happen, it will give the patient the best possible chance of survival.”
