Bonthrone Companies Ltd

Critical Security Services

Defibs Direct is committed to bringing you life saving technology from the worlds leading defibrillator manufacturers.  We are proud to have a close working relationship with all our manufacturers to bring lifesaving technology to Industry, Doctors & Dentists Surgeries, Schools, Gymnasiums, Offices, Entertainment Venue’s, the Security Industry, Hotels, Beauty Salons and Homes.

 

New to 2007 is the CRB - Critical Response Bag putting all your Health & Safety and Emergency Response First-Aid requirements in one easily transportable bag.  Based on the principal that accidents never happen in front of the first aid cabinet at work the CRB has been designed to carry all that you will need to meet the immediate first-aid provision for any incident, we have even included a High Vis waistcoat so that the nominated First-Aider is easily recognisable.

 

The CRB is available with any of our manufacturers defibrillators and starts from only £1499.95 ex VAT.

 

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DEFIBS DIRECT

Best Value AED for all applications

From £850.00

The first AED to guide you through CPR as well as defibrillation with ‘off the shelf’ batteries.

Selected for the Govt. AED in Public Places programme. Cardiac Science offer unrivalled battery warranty for high use machines.

The worlds first ‘Pocket’ sized AED and a truly European AED designed and manufactured in Switzerland.

CRB– Critical Response Bag

Our own complete response bag for all accidents in the work place including HSE approved First Aid Kit, Burns Kit, Infection Control, and a Defibrillator.

FACTS · Almost 100,000 people die of cardiac arrest each year in the UK , that’s more than 1,750 a week - this is the highest figure in Europe. (Scotsman Newspaper) · 90% of victims survive if defibrillated one minute after cardiac arrest, only 10% survive after nine minutes (www.allina.com) · It is estimated that 75% of cardiac arrests occur outside of hospital (www.dept.washington.edu)   · More than 270,000 people suffer a heart attack each year – that’s one heart attack every two minutes. (British Heart Foundation, BBC News, www.lifeway.com) · The most common time for a heart attack to occur is Monday morning between 8am and 11am · Less than 5% of cardiac arrest victims survive (www.healthlink.mcw.edu, www.livesuk.org,) · The UK has the longest working hours in the European community · Having a stressful job is worse for your heart than putting on 40lbs or aging 30 years · Manual workers are more likely to suffer heart attacks because of high pressure caused by hard work, overtime and night shifts · There are 13 million full time workers in the UK and of these 25% work up to 10 hours of overtime a week · More than 24 million working days are lost each year by firms failing to implement basic health and safety procedures · Workplace accidents now cost UK businesses approximately £2.5bn in lost trade every year · In 2002/2003 there were 154,430 accidents in the workplace, of these over 226 were fatal · The number of major workplace injuries rose by 15% from 28,011 in 2001/2002 to 28,426 in 2002/2003 · According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents almost 29 million working days are lost due to accidents and ill health · People who suffer from stress for at least half of their working lives are 25% more likely to suffer a fatal heart attack and 50% more likely to die from a stroke than people with less stressful jobs. · By the year 2010, the Government’s Re vitalizing Health and Safety Strategy launched in 2000 envisages a 10% reduction in fatalities and major injuries at work, a 20% reduction in occupational illness and a 30% reduction in resulting sickness absence · One in 11 employees are injured or made ill by their work activity everyday · In an average year, 1,000 people are killed in workplaces