We were delighted to welcome Mark and Dave from The Oliver King Foundation to Station Ground today to deliver our defibrillator and public access box following a successful crowdfunding campaign. Mark and Dave had travelled from Liverpool to personally deliver the defibrillator and defibrillator and CPR training to the 9 attendees.
The public access box will be installed on the pavilion wall as a matter of urgency and the defibrillator will be registered on the national circuit of defibrillators as soon as this has been completed.
Mark set up the foundation following the tragic death of his son Oliver in 2011. Oliver was just 12 years old and suffered a cardiac arrest during a swimming lesson at his school in Liverpool. A defibrillator was not available in the area and an ambulance didn’t arrive for 20 minutes.
Mark has tirelessly campaigned for defibrillators to be mandatory in schools. He has personally placed over 6,000 defibrillators across the UK and trained over 135,000 individuals. Over 60 lives have been saved by the defibrillators placed by the foundation.
You can read more about the foundation and their fantastic work on their website – here.
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