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Firstly let me explain what it is that we all do.  We are called St John Ambulance Community First Responders, we work with the ambulance service in our local communities to provide a quick response to someone who is potentially suffering from a life threatening incident.  We are tasked by the ambulance service to go to patients who may be having a heart attack, difficulty in breathing or other problem and carryout initial life saving aid until the ambulance arrives.  The proven concept behind this is that in particular with a heart attack or cardiac arrest the sooner treatment starts the higher the chances of success and recovery.  Over the last four years St John Ambulance CFRs have attended  in excess of 60 cases resulting in a cardiac arrest and have managed to successfully resuscitate r 21 of these. Overall, since 2006 when St John in Surrey introduced responders we have attended over 1900 patients and helped them through their suffering to recovery.

But all of this costs money not on administration but on equipment.  To provide a responder with a full set of equipment costs nearly £3000, to provide responders with appropriate clothing is £100 per responder and training equipment costs us over £2000.  None of these are small amounts

For this reason I will be abseiling down the side of Guildford Cathedral's tower.  Now mad yeah!  Yep I do hate heights too and I am really trembling at the thought of doing it so please please please dig deep and donate now.  The more I get the more I will want to do it.