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When you have decided that this is ther type of scheme you wish to take part in, to start the process you will need to undertake the following:

Register your interest either through this website or by filling in one of the registration forms. We will then advise you on how to run your local project.

Please note that you will have to have a co-ordinating committee or organisation to take charge of the cPAD in place, possibly a Parish Council sub-committee, church or local interested group. This group will need to be in charge of the fundraising for the project, and liaise with ourselves regarding purchase, installation and the ambulance service for training. Do not send any monies to us to keep yet. Remember CHT is there ito support your process. You are responsible for your cPAD scheme.

Raise the funds. Conduct a local fund raising initiative. The cost of the project is about £1600-£1900, which will supply the AED defibrillator, the vandal proof box, and training resource for the village. The higher price includes service and support for maintenance of the defibrillator and box for seven (7) years! This equates to £1 per day per village per PAD.

Once the funds are raised, contact us and we will inform you of the process to get the PAD installed and trained. Installation will require an electrical connection and thus the location must be central and easily accessible, yet also have access to electricity.

You can in reality use any AED equipment so long as it is suitable and is approved by the local ambulance trust. The equipment we recomend comes from Cardiac Science, one of the world's best manufacturers, and the one also chosen for a similar project carried out several years ago for the British Heart Foundation. In reality any AED equipment could be used but there are reasons why we recomend this specific equipment.

Initial training will be undertaken by a local training company, or the local ambulance service. Ideally it will comprise of a full Emergency First Aid course (1 day) to include the additional elements for using the AED/PAD. A shorter course of just AED training is the minimum required. Training will be undertakein by HSE certified instructors.

We get great support for CHT from many organisations around the country. Specifically we would like to thank the support for the HeartBeat Belvoir project and the publicity which is co-ordinated by the Village Link magazine, who are one of the founders of this project.

National registered charity number 1132824 committed to defibrillators in the community

Disclaimer - CHT are not responsible for your fund raising, nor your cPAD operations. CHTs only aim is to support your installation of a cPAD scheme in the most cost effective way possible. This website, and any downloaded information, is for information only on how to go about obtaining and installing your cPAD, and other relevant information. All copyrights and trademarks are recognised. All support for the cPAD will be undertaken by the village committee responsible and via standard manufacturers warranties. Your training organisation will only be responsible for the initial awareness training and not for the functioning or maintenance of the AED. Please do not send any monies to CHT until you have registered your scheme, and have agreement from the local ambulance service for the establishment of a cPAD scheme. All schemes must be registered with the local ambulance service (CHT will also undertake this or you can do via this site, but this does not remove responsibility for you to notify the local ambulance service of your AED location). 999/112 (ambulance) must always be called prior to using a cPAD equipment. All schemes will be asked to sign an agreement taking responsibility for their own fund raising and operation of the cPAD equipment. It is your responsibility to maintain the equipment in working order and to make sure the local ambulance service is aware of this. Defibfinder is a service provided by Safeheart Ltd and all data and information contained therein is the responsibility of Safeheart and is provided for general information only, and should not be used in preference to dialling 999. Always dial 999 in an emergency.