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No Time To Wait Or Hesitate – when a heart stops, you cannot afford to do the same - being PREPARED is KEY!

No Time To Wait Or Hesitate – when a heart stops, you cannot afford to do the same - being PREPARED is KEY!

Posted: Sat, 31 Dec 2022

(Thanks to Siobhan at Market Harborough Town FC, Leicestershire for sharing her personal account from this summer when a young person's heart stopped whilst playing football and the emergency actions taken by bystanders which helped to save his life).... Read More »

Tags: AEDs, Bystander intervention saves lives, CPR, Defibrillator, Heartsafe sport, Joes Mini Heartstart for sports clubs lifesaving training, every second counts, skills for life

Loughborough Dynamo FC team up with JHMT to create a heartsafe community for ALL

Loughborough Dynamo FC team up with JHMT to create a heartsafe community for ALL

Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2022

ONE of Leicestershire's most established community football clubs has taken steps to create 'heartsafe' environment to benefit both club members and local community with support from a local heart charity, The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT). Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPADS, CPR, Joe's mini heart start for sports clubs, PLAY HEART SAFE, Play Sport, SADS, be prepared, chain of survival, community, heartsafe sports

Leicestershire Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Leicestershire Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Posted: Fri, 07 Oct 2022

A COMMUNITY cricket club has installed a new defibrillator with the support of a local heart charity JHMT. Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPR, Joe's mini heart start for sports clubs, SADS, SADS WEEK 22, be prepared, chain of survival, community, heart safe cricket

Leicestershire boaters on board to create a heartsafe community with support from JHMT

Leicestershire boaters on board to create a heartsafe community with support from JHMT

Posted: Tue, 22 Feb 2022

BOATERS in Sileby marina on the South Navigation in Charnwood, Leicestershire have successfully funded and launched a public accessible defibrillator (PAD) for the local boating community as well as for dog walkers, fishermen and those taking a leisurely... Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPR, Charnwood, Heartsafe Community, Leicester, Leicestershire, PADS, Partnerships, SADS, Skills for LIFE, chain of survival, charity

Oakham Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Oakham Cricket club becomes heartsafe with the help of JHMT

Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2022

A COMMUNITY cricket club has installed a new defibrillator with the support of JHMT.

Oakham Cricket Club in Rutland has funded the new defibrillator with support from Leicestershire & Rutland Cricket Leagues and by putting its own club funds towards... Read More »

Tags: #SADS, AEDs, CPR, Community Sport, Heart Awareness Cricket, Joe's Mini HeartStart For Sports Clubs, Safer Community, chain of survival

Life-Saving Defibrillators installed at Mountsorrel Primary school after successful fundraising effort and support from JHMT

Life-Saving Defibrillators installed at Mountsorrel Primary school after successful fundraising effort and support from JHMT

Posted: Sat, 04 Dec 2021

Life-Saving Defibrillators installed at Mountsorrel Primary school after successful fundraising effort and support from local heart charity JHMT

Two new defibrillators have been installed at a primary school in Charnwood, Leicester.

The life-saving devices at Mountsorrel Primary school has been funded by the staff, pupils, parents, and generous donations from community members. Read More »

Tags: #SADS, AEDs, CPR, CPR in schools, Charnwood, Community, Heartsafe community, chain of survival

SADS Week 2021 – SADS in Sport Talk – to Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) students - Loughborough College

SADS Week 2021 – SADS in Sport Talk – to Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) students - Loughborough College

Posted: Sat, 09 Oct 2021

Forewarned is Forearmed: Harshil Dhutia, Consultant Cardiologist, Glenfield Hospital UHL, Medical lead for JHMT delivered the annual SADS in Sport Talk to young students on the Sport England, Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)/Dual Career programme at Loughborough College.

The talk focused on the underlying heart conditions like SADS that can effect athletes and those who participate in high level and regular sport and physical activities in the community.
This was then followed by a practical 'HANDS ON' CPR and how to use an AED session for the TASS students with JHMT's Alan White. Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPR, Community Sport, PLAY HEART-SAFE, Play Sport, SADS WEEK 21, Skills for life

New Defibrillator Creates Safer Environment For All

New Defibrillator Creates Safer Environment For All

Posted: Fri, 01 Oct 2021

A new defibrillator has been installed alongside the New Parks Cruyff Court and young people will be educated how to use it thanks to Leicester City in the Community and their partners in the region.

- A new defibrillator has been installed next to the New Parks Cruyff Court thanks to The Joe Humphries Memorial Trust
- Leicester City's in the Community will work with The Trust to ensure participants know how to use the life-saving item
- Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome week takes place from Monday 4 October, with JHMT raising awareness of the need for CPR training Read More »

Tags: #SADSWEEK21, 12AWeek, AEDs, CPR, Defibrillator, PLAY HEARTSAFE, Play Sport, safer communities

UK Coaching’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest Digital Toolkit: Learn to Be Quick, Smart and Restart a Heart

UK Coaching’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest Digital Toolkit: Learn to Be Quick, Smart and Restart a Heart

Posted: Tue, 11 May 2021

Sudden Cardiac Arrest can happen to anyone, anytime, anyplace, with 60,000 people having a sudden cardiac arrest in the community every year in the UK. Sadly, only 1 in 10 survive. However, if effective action is taken within the first minute, it can treble chances of survival. Read More »

Tags: 12AWeek, AEDs, CPR, Defibrillator, Heart-safe Sports Community Sport, Joe's Mini HeartStart For Sports Clubs, SADS, Skills for Life

Joe’s friend gets to work to make Broomleys cricket club heartsafe

Joe’s friend gets to work to make Broomleys cricket club heartsafe

Posted: Mon, 05 Aug 2019

A HEALTHCARE assistant whose teenage friend died from a heart condition has honoured his memory by getting a defibrillator installed at her local cricket club. Read More »

Tags: AEDs, CPR, Defibrillator, Heart Awareness Cricket Leicestershire & Leicester, Heartsafe Sport, SADS, community, partnerships, safe communities

Bradgate Park Trust join forces with JHMT to create a ‘Heart Safe’ Bradgate Park & Swithland Wood for ALL

Bradgate Park Trust join forces with JHMT to create a ‘Heart Safe’ Bradgate Park & Swithland Wood for ALL

Posted: Sun, 19 May 2019

The Charity that cares for Leicestershire's favourite attraction is working to become Heart Safe, with the installation of publicly accessible defibrillators across the Estate. Read More »

Tags: AEDs, Bradgate Park, CPR, Defibrillator, Events, Heartsafe, SADS, community, partnerships, safe communities

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