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Lord's Cricket Ground plays safe
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Laerdal Medical product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Sep 17, 2003
World-famous sporting venue leads the way with state-of-the-art defibrillators.
Lord's Cricket Ground plays host to some of the best cricket in the world and is visited by tens of thousands of people each year.
Owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Lord's is the world-famous setting for Test matches, one-day internationals, domestic finals, Middlesex's home games and historic fixtures (such as the Varsity matches) as well as village and club finals.
On important match days there can be up to thirty thousand spectators, but on non-match days, there are still hundreds of people visiting or working within Lord's Ground.
MCC takes its responsibility to the public very seriously and, on the advice of St.
John Ambulance, recently equipped the Ground with two Laerdal Heartstart defibrillators that are now available in the absence of professional medical responders on non-match days.
A spokesman for St.
John Ambulance explains, "Stringent health and safety regulations ensure that major sporting events are well-attended by emergency services.
"Some large and international events are covered by at least two, fully equipped medical emergency response teams, not to mention clubs' own doctors and paramedics.
"However, on non-match days there are still large numbers of people visiting or working within the grounds.
"In the event of a visitor or worker suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, early defibrillation can be the only successful treatment - and the immediate availability of a defibrillator could mean the difference between life and death.
"Laerdal's Heartstart defibrillators can provide life-saving treatment and can be used safely and effectively by workplace first-aiders before the arrival of paramedics".
Explaining why MCC purchased Laerdal Heartstart defibrillators, Stephen Parris, estates manager says, "We took expert advice from St John Ambulance on which defibrillators to purchase and a number of staff have been trained by St.
John to use them.
"The training was very straight-forward and the Heartstarts are simple to use.
"Our first responders are confident that, should the situation arise, we will be able to deal with it effectively within the crucial 2-3 minute 'window' for the optimum chance of survival.
If the heart of a sudden cardiac arrest victim is defibrillated within 2-3 minutes, the patient will stand a 50 per cent better chance of survival than if cardiopulmonar resuscitation (heart massage and artificial respiration) alone is administered".
Heartstart defibrillators take the operator through every step of treatment with clear audible and visual instructions, from removing clothing to monitoring the heart after treatment.
Over 150,000 people die of heart attacks each year - a figure that can be dramatically reduced if more defibrillators are placed in public places.
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