A new public access defibrillator has been donated to Dunblane by the widow of a man who died on their honeymoon. Kenneth Docherty suffered a fatal heart attack in the Maldives in February last year, less than a month after marrying his wife, Liz, in Dunblane.
Money given to a collection at Mr Docherty’s funeral was donated to the Dunblane First Responders medical emergency charity.
Liz and DFR agreed that it should be used to buy a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD), known as an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) so that other heart attack victims have an improved chance of survival.
The owners of The Riverside in Stirling Road in Dunblane have agreed for the defibrillator to be sited on their premises. Since it was installed it has already been called in to use.
The PAD is very straightforward to use. In the case of someone being in cardiac arrest, you should first dial 999 and ask for an ambulance. Once the defibrillator is switched on it will give the user clear verbal instructions every step of the way.
Dunblane First Responders paid for the first Public Access Defibrillator to be installed in the town at the end of 2013. It is available 24/7 at the covered front entrance of Dunblane Community Centre. DFR work in partnership with the Scottish Ambulance Service, and provide emergency lifesaving treatment to patients in the first few minutes while the ambulance is on its way.
Members of DFR handing over the defibrillator Pamela Hyslop, Manager of The Riverside.
Dunblane is also well on the way to getting a third defibrillator, which is to be paid for by the local Rotary Club and sited at the Westlands Hotel at the top of Doune Road.
Dunblane First Responders run regular British Heart Foundation courses in conjunction with the Scottish Ambulance Service, during which the location and use of PADs is shown. The courses are free. The Riverside have been providing a free venue for the Responders to run courses.
An automatic defibrillator is extremely easy to use,” says Liz Kirkhope of Dunblane First Responders. “The user should not be scared, as in the case of cardiac arrest every second counts. CPR along with early defibrillation are key interventions to survival. It is important to our scheme that as many people as possible in Dunblane are aware that there are defibrillators readily available at now two and soon to be three locations.“
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