Staff from our Leicestershire Division, Nottinghamshire Division, and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) came together to teach 100 members of the community life-saving skills, including how to perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
The session was led by dedicated colleagues from our service: Kuldip Bhamrah (Technician), Marcia Brown (Emergency Medical Advisor and Chair of the EMAS BME Network), Satvir Shergill (Dispatcher), Liam Hotham (Technician), and Eleanor Leahy (Urgent Care Assistant). They were joined by Marijke Van Eerd from Nottingham Children's Hospital.
Together, they guided the attendees through the steps of performing CPR, shared valuable information about heart health, and talked about careers in the NHS.
The team also joined the Gurdwara Baba Budha Ji Committee in unveiling a new community defibrillator. This new device, now installed at the Temple, can be used when someone is in cardiac arrest. Kuldip Bhamrah played an instrumental role in this initiative by fundraising to support the Temple to purchase and install the defibrillator.
"I am very proud to support the placement of the new defibrillator.
Using a defibrillator on a person experiencing cardiac arrest as soon as possible gives the best chance of survival. The more defibrillators we have and the more people who are trained in CPR, the greater the survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.”
The Temple Secretary, Pritpal Singh Landa, expressed deep gratitude to the whole team for their "selfless service". In recognition of their contributions, he conducted a blessing and presented them with the Temple’s Robe of Honour - an expression of respect and appreciation.
