We are so proud - Watch as grieving friends and family see Lesley's dream come true as last defibrillator installed in Washington - video Dailymotion

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Despite being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Lesley Anne Baker made it her mission to see lifesaving defibrillators installed in every village in Washington.

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00:00Okay then Christine, how would Leslie feel knowing the day that her mission's been

00:04accomplished and we now have a defibrillator in every village in Washington?

00:07Leslie would be absolutely buzzing, she fought so hard with her own health

00:11but she tried always to get help into the villages with the defibs.

00:16She always said, Ma'am I'm going to get one into Bellows for you because I live nearby

00:21which always makes us laugh but yes she would be absolutely buzzing

00:27and I am so proud of her, absolutely immensely proud.

00:32Okay then Nev, you've been heavily involved in Leslie's Legacy Walks and

00:36getting these defibrillators installed, just how vital pieces of equipment are there?

00:42These community defibrillators are massive, very important, obviously if someone has a car

00:50to arrest and stop breathing every second counts so basically we need to establish that person

00:57and stop breathing, ring for an ambulance straight away and then start immediate CPR.

01:03Once, while that's happening we need to be looking at getting a defibrillator because we don't know

01:08how long the ambulance is going to be before it gets there so basically we need that defibrillator

01:14as soon as we can, possibly can, so it's important that everyone knows where the community defibrillators are

01:22and health and the ambulance give them a code how to get into them and then get them to wherever it

01:28needs to be and it's all so it's important that people know where their nearest defibrillators are

01:35so we can get to them as soon as we can and that person has got a much better chance of survival

01:42the sooner the defibrillator gets there.

We are so proud - Watch as grieving friends and family see Lesley's dream come true as last defibrillator installed in Washington

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