Defibrillator

A defibrillator that was stolen from Haylands Primary School in Ryde some 2-and-a-half-years ago has been found by local children. The life-saving piece of equipment was taken from outside the primary school on Bettesworth Road in October 2016, which left...

A potentially life-saving defibrillator has been installed outside Bembridge RNLI lifeboat station at Lane End. The Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has been placed in a specialist storage unit on the wall of Bembridge RNLI's shop at the Fisherman's Walk car...

A new 24 hour defibrillator has been installed and is ready for use in Seaview, thanks to the efforts of Spithead Masonic Lodge and The British Heart Foundation. Masons from the local area have been raising funds to purchase the...

After almost a year of fundraising the team at The Travellers Joy in Northwood have raised enough money to purchase a life-saving defibrillator. Pete, Sam and the rest of the team are this week thanking everyone who has helped raised...

A new, life-saving defibrillator has been successfully installed at The Royal Hotel in Ventnor. Recent fundraising by the hotel team has led to the purchase of the defib and external storage box. This means that the device is available 24...

The Waterside Community Trust is asking the local community to help with fundraising efforts to buy a defibrillator for the beach lifeguard service at Ryde. Ryde Beach is extremely busy with locals and tourists over the summer months, with an...

The importance of defibrillators in saving lives was brought home to the coxswain of the Bembridge lifeboat recently when he became involved in helping assist a man who had fallen in the street on the Isle of Wight. Guy Willing,...

One of the Island's oldest hotels is calling for Islanders to get behind their bid to have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) installed in Ventnor. The Royal Hotel, founded in 1832, has taken to Facebook this evening to thank their 'Loyal...

St Thomas of Canterbury and Shalfleet Primary Schools have become the latest 24/7 Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) sites for the Isle of Wight NHS Ambulance service. This is thanks to the Wight Strollers donating their seventh Public Access Defibrillator and...

An Island resident who is alive today thanks to early Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation has shown their gratitude by anonymously donating a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) to the Isle of Wight NHS Ambulance Service community defibrillator scheme. Martin Bullock and...