Busy Bees nurseries across the West Midlands were proud to unveil automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at their sites to coincide with Family Safety Week (1st – 5th April).
AEDs can help in the event of someone having a cardiac arrest; when they stop breathing and their heart stops beating.
In October last year, Busy Bees took part in ‘Restart a Heart Day’ with West Midlands Ambulance Service which saw more than 37,000 youngsters receive vital life-saving training in the region. The Trust supported Busy Bee’s in the installations and each AED is now publicly accessible during the nursery opening hours, meaning if there’s a cardiac arrest in the nearby area, the device can be used by a member of the public to help save a life.
The latest AEDs to be installed, supplied by Cardiac Science, are part of a nationwide campaign by Busy Bees which has seen more than 350 AEDs installed in its nurseries across the UK.
Bobby Qayum, the Trust’s Community Response Manager, said: “It’s great to see that Busy Bees has made such a big investment in AEDs. Teaching vital CPR skills and how to recognise a cardiac arrest, are important parts of the work we carry out. The more AEDs that are installed in businesses and public spaces, the more lives that can potentially be saved.”
Jess Sandall, Nursery Manager at Busy Bees St Matthews in Burntwood said; “Protecting and safeguarding the children in our care is our top priority and that’s why we’ve undertaken this potentially lifesaving initiative. We see it as part of our commitment to best practice and to deliver outstanding care to our children, as well as to protect staff, parents and visitors.
“Although we hope that our defibrillator never has to be used, it means that if the worst-case scenario happens, we are able to increase the survival chance of anyone who has a cardiac arrest inside or within minutes of our nursery.”
Photo courtesy of Papillon Communications (left to right): Richard MacDonald from Cardiac Science, Bobby Qayum from WMAS, nursery children from Busy Bees Burntwood, Emily Brimson and Karen Bird from Busy Bees.
With around 60,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year. The chance of a person surviving cardiac arrest falls by 10 per cent for every minutes that passes without an AED being used.
The 19 Busy Bees settings in the West Midlands include:
Busy Bees Birmingham
Busy Bees Birmingham Dartmouth Circus
Busy Bees Birmingham Longbridge
Busy Bees Birmingham QE
Busy Bees Birmingham St James Road
Busy Bees St Matthews
Busy Bees Burton
Busy Bees Coventry Allesley Green
Busy Bees Coventry Walsgrave
Busy Bees Evesham
Busy Bees Leamington Spa
Busy Bees Rugby
Busy Bees Shrewsbury
Busy Bees Solihull Blythe Valley
Busy Bees Solihull Discoveryland
Busy Bees Sutton Coldfield Playtime
Busy Bees Telford Priorslee
Busy Bees Uttoxeter Midway
Busy Bees Walsall
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