OUR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
In addition to our Responder role, our involvement in fundraising for the Public Access Defibrillator network and running CPR & Defibrillator Awareness sessions we also take part in a number of other community based events within Porthcawl. For example:-
'RESTART-A-HEART DAY'
This is a national event that takes place every October and is supported by a number of organisations including The British Heart Foundation, The Resuscitation Council UK and several Ambulance Service Trusts including the Welsh Ambulance Service. The event involves staff from several organisations, including the NHS, Police, Fire and Ambulance Services going into local Comprehensive Schools and teaching pupils CPR skills. For more information on this event click on the following link : BHF-Restart a Heart
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'SHOCTOBER'
This is a Welsh Ambulance Service (WAST) annual campaign held throughout the month of October that aims to teach Primary School pupils the appropriate use of the 999 emergency system as well as practical life saving skills including using the Recovery Position, CPR, dealing with choking and raising awareness of defibrillators. For more information on this event click on the following link : WAST Shoctober page
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'DEFIBUARY'
This is a Welsh Ambulance Service (WAST) annual campaign, supported by other organisations including St John Ambulance and The British Heart Foundation that is held throughout the month of February. "Defibuary" aims to teach members of the local community life saving skills based on the 'Chain of Survival' model. This including identifying when a patient is in cardiac arrest, how to carry out CPR, how to use a defibrillator and how to place a patient into the recovery position. For more information on this event click on the following link : WAST Defibuary
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'RNLI RESCUEFEST'
This is a annual event organised and run by the Porthcawl RNLI Station designed to demonstrate the work of the various emergency and rescues services, including (amongst many others) the RNLI, Police, Fire, Ambulance, Coast Guard, Mountain Rescue, St John Ambulance and the Porthcawl Coast Watch team. We 'join forces' with the local WAST Ambulance Station staff on this event and, as well as demonstrations around CPR and using defibrillators, people are able to go onto an operational Ambulance and see the equipment available on these vehicles to Paramedics and Medical Technicians.
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We have also attend a number of other community events, including Church Fetes, After School Clubs, Brownies Groups, Running Clubs as well as many other clubs, groups and organisations within Porthcawl to give talks on the Porthcawl Community First Responder team and to demonstrate some of the equipment we carry when responding on behalf of the Welsh Ambulance Service. If you would like us to arrange to come and talk to any groups you maybe involved in please contact us via our email.