Defibrillator (AED) locations in Faringdon.  24 hour access

British Heart Foundation (BHF) is funding The Circuit - a website where all defibrillators are registered and then mapped. The site was launched in June 2021
Defibrillators in Faringdon
Public Toilets,Back wall.  Southampton St carpark. SN7 7AZ
​White Horse Medical Practice Volunteer Way. SN7 7YU 
​Library Gloucester St. SN7 7HY
Fire Station, Station Road, SN7 7BN
Faringdon Community College, Fernham Road, SN7 7LB
Folly Sports Park, Stanford Road. Nearest postcode SN7 8SJ 
​Faringdon Town Football Club. Tucker Park. Park Road. SN7 7BP. (Occasional Access) 
Walker Associates, Dentist, 8 Gloucester St, SN7 7HY (Occasional access)
Tesco, Park Road, SN7 7BP (Occasional access)
ALSO
Community Reading Room. Great Coxwell. The Hollow Way. SN7 7NB. Left wall to the porch entrance.
In phone box outside Eagle Pub, Little Coxwell SN7 7LW
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If you come across someone who is unconscious, unresponsive, not breathing or not breathing normally, they’re in cardiac arrest.
​The most important thing is to call 999 and start CPR to keep the blood flowing to the brain and around the body. After a cardiac arrest, every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces someone's chance of survival by 10 per cent.

If you're on your own, don't interrupt the CPR to go and get a defibrillator. If it's possible, send someone else to find one. When you call 999, the operator can tell you if there's a public access defibrillator nearby.


To use a defibrillator, follow these simple steps:
  • Step 1: Turn the defibrillator on by pressing the green button and follow its instructions.
  • Step 2: Peel off the sticky pads and attach them to the patient’s skin, one on each side of the chest, as shown in the picture on the defibrillator.
  • Step 3: Once the pads have been attached, stop CPR and don’t touch the patient. The defibrillator will then analyse the patient’s heart rhythm.
  • Step 4: The defibrillator will assess whether a shock is needed and if so, it will tell you to press the shock button. An automatic defibrillator will shock the patient without prompt. Do not touch the patient while they are being shocked.
  • Step 5: The defibrillator will tell you when the shock has been delivered and whether you need to continue CPR.
  • Step 6: Continue with chest compressions and rescue breaths until the patient shows signs of life or the defibrillator tells you to stop so it can analyse the heartbeat again.
If you think someone has had a heart attack​
  1. Shake the person gently and shout for help.
  2. Call 999.
  3. Don't put your face close to theirs. If you think there's risk of infection, use a towel or a piece of clothing and lay it over their mouth and nose.
  4. Give chest compressions only - do not give rescue breaths.
  5. Continue until an ambulance arrives.
  6. After the ambulance crew have taken over wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water or use an alcohol based hand gel. 
Give chest compressions (CPR)
  • Kneel next to the person.
  • Place the heel of one hand in the centre of their chest. Place your other hand on top of the first. Interlock your fingers.
  • With straight arms, use the heel of your hand to push the breastbone down firmly and smoothly, so that the chest is pressed down between 5–6 cm, and release.
  • Do this at a rate of 100 to 120 chest compressions per minute – that’s around 2 per second.
Chest compression songs- to help with the speed and rhythm.
  • Stayin Alive
  • Dancing Queen
  • Nellie the elephant
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​This RCUK (Resusitation Council UK) leaflet was  produced by South Central Ambulance service Summer 2022

The Faringdon Pad Committee, are always happy to receive questions or queries concerned with the raising of awareness of members of the public and those in our community, who wish to gain a better understanding and raising their confidence in dealing with cardiac arrest and the use of defibrillators.
Also we are keen to hear from any area of our community who would like to consider a defibrillator being placed in a suitable location and if one not otherwise accessible within 2 minutes or 200 metres of their home or workplace (As recommended by the British Heart Foundation).
 
Contact: faringdonpad@gmail.com  
The defibrillators below are all available 24/7.
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Here is a copy of the information below to download