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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 defibrillators.

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