Leyland Exports, based in Leyland, Preston has recently purchased a defibrillator and received staff training on this life saving equipment which will be kept in their offices, allowing all local businesses within the area access to the unit if one is required in an emergency.
The team were given training by an A&E and specialist advanced live saving qualified doctor. All six first aiders spent a full morning learning in detail the benefits of a defibrillator and how to operate the equipment safely in case of an emergency.
Dave Brannan – Warehouse Manager and First Aider said “The benefit of these state of the art defibrillators is that they first assess the patient and will only give a shock if it’s required. In effect, you cannot make a situation worse. We want to make companies within close proximity aware of the location of the device so its chances of saving a life are increased.”
As a company, Leyland Exports take emergency first aid at work very seriously and saw this training opportunity as an absolute necessity going forwards.
A defibrillator is a device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart through the chest wall to someone who is in cardiac arrest. This high energy shock is called defibrillation, an essential life-saving step in the chain of survival.
