00:00Something I'm really passionate about, actually, yeah, you know, I'm one of the lucky ones
00:08and sadly that's not the case for so many. Like, we were just talking just before we
00:13came on here then and 30,000 people each year will have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
00:18and less than one in ten will survive and I was just thinking about them numbers and
00:22I worked it out per day and it's 82 people in the UK each day will have an out-of-hospital
00:27cardiac arrest and if you're going to say less than eight of them will survive, it's
00:32absolutely crazy.
00:35Defibrillator machines like this one behind me can be found all across the country. As
00:39Tom has said, they're lifesavers and they're incredibly easy to use. It can be daunting
00:43thinking about using a machine that administers a shock to a person, but they come with instructions,
00:47999 can talk you through it and Sam says he wants to see more of them in towns, villages
00:52and sporting facilities than anywhere else they can go.
00:57Defibrillators are really clever devices and they're designed to be used by anyone. Anyone
01:00can use them and everyone should have access to one. When someone stops breathing, chances
01:04are they're in cardiac arrest, they need help straight away. Early CPR and early defibrillation
01:10could more than double their chance of survival. So if you call 999, they will tell you what
01:15to do and that will include going to fetch a local public access defibrillator. The 999
01:21call handler will give you all of the instructions that you need, but more than that, the defibrillator
01:26is designed to be used by anyone. So as soon as it's on the scene and switched on, it will
01:30give all the instructions that someone will need.
01:33In an ideal world, we'd have defibs on every corner of every street in the UK and we'd
01:38be one of the safest nations in the world. Obviously, sadly, due to funding, that's not
01:42going to be the case. You know, they are a lot of money because ultimately they save
01:47lives. They're an incredible piece of technology. You know, some people might be scared of them.
01:54It's really not the case. You know, once you open a defib, it will talk you for exactly
01:58what to do, how to use it and how to save someone's life. So, but like I said, the funding
02:03is probably the main bit and that's why it's amazing that Skybet are pledging AED defibs
02:09into local communities, places that need them, places that lack them at the minute.
02:15There are few people in the country more qualified to share the importance of defib machines
02:20and communities around Wales could see so many lives saved with such a simple piece
02:24of kit somewhere close by.
02:26So yeah, it's something I'm really passionate about. We've been really fortunate that Skybet
02:31and the British Heart Foundation have linked up on this one. They've done incredible things
02:35so far. We've got 150,000 people who've learned CPR. We're not done there yet, but you know,
02:43you can do CPR for as long as you want. But unless you get a defib to that person, then,
02:49you know, you'll be doing CPR forever. So that's where this next stage comes in. And
02:53yeah, I'm really excited to be moving on to this next stage.
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