Enjoy Milford on Sea: Free CPR & Defibrillator Training with Local Community First Responders

Milford on Sea's Local Community First Responders (CFR), Andy Bouch and John Blessing are offering free valuable training sessions to groups in the village. At each session they demonstrate how to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and how to use a village defibrillator.

John Blessing and Andy Bouch
Milford on Sea Community First Responders

John & Andy recently gave a valuable training session on dealing with someone in cardiac arrest to a well attended group from All Saints, and St. Mary’s churches.

The session started with Andy explaining that every minute’s delay in starting CPR reduces survival by 10% so knowing what to do can save a life.

John went on to provide a demonstration of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and how to use one of our local defibrillators.

The session ended with a chance for everyone to practice.

Free CPR & Defibrillator Training Sessions

If you have a group that may be interested please contact John on 07984 144109 or john.blessing@sca-charity.org.uk. There is no charge for the session, but donations to the Community First Responders is appreciated.

John and Andy are unpaid volunteer Community First Responders who live in the village.

As Community First Responders they are deployed to life-threatening emergencies in the local area. Being local, they can give life-saving first aid before an ambulance arrives.

They are entirely funded by charitable donations.

We are lucky to have them, and any support to the South Central Ambulance Charity (who fund the CFR) would be greatly appreciated. Please click here.

Defibrillators in the Village

To find where defibrillators are located in Milford on Sea, please click here.

About Milford on Sea Community First Responders

The Milford on Sea Community First Responders were founded in 2017 by Ross Woolgar, Terri Newton and Conrad Curtis, and are part of the South Central Ambulance Charity.

The village CPR's are entirely funded by charitable donations and support the South Central Ambulance Service who train and deploy them to appropriate emergency calls in the village.

The advantage of Community First Responders is that in many cases they can get there before the paramedics and commence life saving emergency treatment at the earliest opportunity, which significantly improves patients chances of survival.

Community First Responders (CFRs) are volunteers that commit to give a minimum of 20 on-call hours a month, and are trained and despatched by UK ambulance services.

All CFR's are unpaid and simply want to make a life-saving difference to their community.

South Central Ambulance Charity supports over 1,200 Community First Responders, medical students, military, police and fire Co-Responders.

Become a Community First Responder

New Community First Responders are currently being recruited. To join the team you need to be 18+ (no upper age limit), have a full driving licence and access to a car.

All training, equipment and uniform is provided. Training is done at the weekend or evening so shouldn’t interfere with any work. All that is asked is a commitment to be on call for a minimum of 20 hours per month.

You can find out more at: www.scascharity.org.uk/community-first-responders - or contact John on 07984 144109 or john.blessing@sca-charity.org.uk.

Community First Responders