Hay Family

In loving memory of James Hay

Fundraising for The Community Heartbeat Trust
£6,067
raised of £5,000 target
In memory of James Hay
We Provide & fund community defibrillators to Improve Cardiac Arrest survival

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On behalf of the Hay family...

On 19 th June 2021, James Hay, aged 57 passed away. He suffered a Cardiac Arrest days earlier whilst at home. 

We are working alongside, and with the support of, The Community Heartbeat Trust, to raise money for the provision of two Automated External Defibrillators (AED) plus cabinets. 

The AEDs will be placed in areas local to James' family and childhood home (The Wirral and Edinburgh) in locations where they are needed most. 

In the UK there are over 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests a year where emergency medical services attempt resuscitation.  CPR alone provides just a 9% chance of survival; however, administering CPR alongside an AED, increases this to more than 50% chance of survival, with survival being twice as high if an AED is used within five minutes - making the location of AEDs crucial.

James was loved and admired by all those who knew him, he has left us far too soon. With your help, we can encourage change and save lives in our local community and beyond, in his memory.

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About the charity

The Community Heartbeat Trust helps communities undertake defibrillator projects taking into account the needs for the right equipment, the right support, the right adherence to liabilities and governance, community awareness and training programmes, and help with the fund raising and long term support for these projects. As the leading community defibrillator charity in the UK, we have become recognised by ambulance services, councils, community groups and sports governing bodies as the 'gold standard', having set many of the standards now being adopted by other organisations. We live, breath and are hugely passionate about community defibrillation in all its forms, and seek always to offer a holistic and objective advice to communities. We believe a defibrillator is for LIFE and not just for Christmas, and these medical devices should be available to save lives. But they are just that, a medical device, and must be treated with respect. A good project is not about just a defibrillator in the community, but one that forms part of a resilient process, addressing needs, and fully backed by Governance. www.communityheartbeat.org.uk

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