Hi all I know there have been discussions on this in the past where some were intending to provide these in the workplace. What one did you go for and was there a particular reason ? They seem to cost £1,000 plus each, have you found any discouts if you bought several or found any funding that would help? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Chris

Hi Chris - I am not sure where ours came from or how much they cost as they were arranged by another part of our business. We have them fitted in the large offices and our visitor centres due to the numbers of people and demographics of a lot of our visitors (many are elderly). There are also maintenance costs to consider. The one at our new visitor centre was a Zoll AED+. You can register any defibrillators you have with the local ambulance service. In the event of an incident they can support you if you are using it while the emergency services are on the way. Also if the person who dials 999 is unaware that there is a defibrillator on site the ambulance service will know and will advise them that they have one. I know that we also arranged for the Welsh Ambulance service to provide training. I was advised by our ops team that if the units you buy are the Zoll AED+ defibrillators as carried by WAS, they will replace pads and batteries free of charge. Following an incident will also make it ready for use before they leave site. Might be worth contacting them for advice?

I've been tentatively asking about these. I am told you can get a grant towards them if they're in a place always accessible to the public, but perhaps someone here knows more about this? As for training, I would think it's pretty minimal, as the modern units are made to do all the checks themselves, but I guess people feel a lot more confident with some training.

I found this link contains a wealth of information including links into funding for defibs. https://www.bhf.org.uk/h...ife/about-defibrillators I have not used this information commercially so I cannot say how it works in practice, but as I get older i'm pleased to see more and more defibrillator boxes in public places, and I don't care how little training someone has if they need to use one on me.

I bought 3 for our premises from St Johns Ambulance, they were Zoll prices were all similar on most sites, the first AED came with an on site training package for 8 of our 1st Aiders which did the deal for me.