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Defibrillator Saves a Life feature Quick thinking and easy access to the right equipment saves a Sissinghurst resident FOR GEOFF Cunningham what should have been just a stroll from the village pub to his home turned into a night that changed his life for ever. The 86-year-old was not far from his home in Hop Pocket Close, Sissinghurst, when he suddenly collapsed in The Street and could easily have died had it not been for quick-thinking people. One in particular, John Smith, a parish councillor for the village, used the defibrillator, mounted on the outside of the nearby St George’s Institute, to try to revive the unconscious Mr Cunningham. Soon, first responder medics, Georgie Watford and Sarah Crouch, under team leader Andy Parks, were on the scene. With the help of the defibrillator, they treated him before he was rushed to hospital where he stayed for a month and was fitted with a pacemaker. Mr Cunningham said: “I can’t remember anything about my collapsing. It was really fortunate that it happened in the street because my wife was out. If I had collapsed at home I wouldn’t be here now.” In July, Mr Cunningham had a chance to meet his first responders at a defibrillator awareness evening at the village primary school. He said to them: “Thank you all for giving me a new lease of life.” During the evening villagers were given the chance to learn how to use a defibrillator and also CPR to save someone’s life. They learned that a heart attack ABOVE: The responder medics team with Geoff Cunningham is different from a cardiac arrest and the machine will not save someone who has had a stroke. Training is not necessary to use a defibrillator as the machine gives clear and concise verbal instructions on how to use it. The earlier a defibrillator can be used the greater the chance of saving someone. As Mr Parks said: “You won’t kill people using a defibrillator, you will only save them.” Trisha Fermor DEFIBRILLATOR LOCATIONS There are four defibrillators in Sissinghurst but the only one which is available 24 hours a day is outside St. George’s institute. The others can be found at the cricket club, tennis club and the Milk House pub. In Cranbrook, one is situated at the George Hotel, the other on the outside of Cranbrook Fire Station at the top of the High Street – available 24 hours a day. FENCING • GROUNDWORK FORESTRY • FARMING Call Stuart Mason on 01580 212198 or 07710 180381 stuart_mason19@btinternet.com Parish Cake • Autumn 2017 29
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