Park Avenue Holiday Village

We are pleased to announce our campaign to raise funds for an AED device to be installed at the site. Working alongside AEDdonate, we need to raise £2000 to get defibrillator equipment.  In only the first few days, we've had an incredible response from the PAHV community on the site and through online donations at the AEDdonate website.  Thanks so much everyone, you make us proud!

Why have we launched this campaign? 

30,000 people die each year from out of hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), 620 of these are people under the age of 35 and 270 of these deaths happen to children within schools. If defibrillation takes place within the first three minutes of a SCA, the patient’s chances of survival increase by upwards of 80%.

 
Having the defibrillator installed means that it can be deployed by the local ambulance trust in a bid to give the patient the all-important shock to the heart prior to the ambulance arrival. The defibrillator is by no means a replacement to the ambulance service, it just allows patient treatment to commence immediately.  For Leysdown, this equipment is critical for saving lives as it can often take a long time for ambulances to arrive at this end of the island.

For more information on AEDdonate or to make a donation, please visit our project page.