LIFE-saving equipment is being extended across Southmead andFrenchay Hospitals thanks to a GBP250,000 project.
North Bristol NHS Trust, which runs both hospitals, has pledgedthat every hospital department will be within three minutes' reach ofnew defibrillators.
The resuscitation department at the trust is currently trainingstaff how to use the latest technology, which will vastly improve apatient's survival rate in the event of a cardiac arrest.
For each minute that a shock is delayed, the chances of survivalare reduced by between five and ten per cent.
The trust now hopes to provide continuous cover across all siteswith a nurse on every shift trained in defibrillation.
Resuscitation officer Carol Coles said: "We hope to be able toprovide a defibrillator to a collapsed patient within three minute inany area of our hospitals.
"Staff who are trained in defibrillation will requirefamiliarisation sessions for the new machines, but their improvedaccessibility means this process will be fairly straightforward."
A total of 58 new defibrillators are being provided by theCritical Care directorate, consisting of eight automatic externaldefibrillators at almost GBP2,600 each and 50 semiautomated models atGBP5,000 each.
These will support and replace some of the existing 70 oldermachines which previously had to be shared between severaldepartments and wards.
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