ah, ah, ah, ah staying alive aaaaah

On 28th Gerrad Rothwell from the Welsh Ambulance Service came along on a fantastically sunny day to give us a refresher on the use of the PAD (Public access defibrillator).
The De-fib (for short) was brought onto the island last spring by the WAS, and all the island's residents underwent a training course to use the di-fib machine. It is a magic box that can read the rhythm of the heart of an unconscious casualty and automatically (and only if necessary) give a life saving shock to restart someone's heart who has gone into cardiac arrest.

You may have seen Welsh football star Vinny Jones on TV advertising how to do CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to the beat of Staying Alive by the Bee Gees, well we were all put through our paces by Gerrad, who in his cheery manner made us feel very comfortable in our attempts to resuscitate 'Arnie' his plastic pal. 

Emma, Connor, Gerrad and 'Arnie' with the defibrillator.