Life-saving role December 1st 2007 Parliament has called for
accessibility of automated
external defibrillators in
public places after
immediate access to the
machines saved the lives of
Lord Brennan QC and Paul
Ketch MP.
Lord Daniel Brennan QC
collapsed suffering a sudden
cardiac arrest. Before the
arrival of paramedics, Lord
Darzi of Denham saved his
life by shocking his heart
back into a regular beating
pattern using a HeartStart
AED from Laerdal.
Paul Keetch MP suffered a
sudden cardiac arrest on
board a Virgin Atlantic
flight. Thanks to prompt
defibrillation by members of
the cabin crew who were
trained to give emergency
life-saving treatment using
an on-board HeartStart AED,
he was resuscitated after he
was technically dead for
7min.
He comments "It was only
because they had that piece
of equipment on board that
I actually didn't die
permanently."
Paul Keetch proposed a
new private Bill for laws to
be introduced that force all
airlines to carry
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