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In rural areas of North Staffordshire bin men are due to be trained in the operation of defibrillators in case during the course of their bin emptying duties they come across someone suffering from a heart attack.

All I can say is good job it's not Accy bin men or it may be a fortnight later before they actually get round to doing the defibrillating.

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So willow, will the refuse collector's have a defibrillator on board of the wagon.If so i do hope they wash there hands before using it.

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Yes they will but you can only put the patient out after 7.00 a.m. on a tuesday morning, if they aren't in a white operating gown they will be ignored until the undertaker comes to take them!

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Good one Less.:rofl38:

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instead of the dustbin men why not all emergency vehicles ie. police cars fire engines and all ambulances not just the front line ones there would be more of these around than the odd dustbin wagon and most of the personel on board would be trained first aiders anyway.

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Good idea, sort of, but be fair, it will have to be after 7:30 Less, even if they don't come until gone 10 - and once a fortnight seems a bit slow on treating cardiac arrest.

On a serious note, I do believe that every child should be taught in school how to do cardiac massage and mouth to mouth resus - it has probably saved more lives than defibrillators have.

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i agree totally but you ask for extras in schools now, and unfortunately in most other things and someone wants extra for doing it

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Now this is one idea I think should be flushed down the gurgler....... they have a hard time picking up the rubbish as it is......don't give them something they would have to think about.

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your probably right although we better not tar them all with the same brush eh !

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I would hate to see someone who had been on the receiving end of a refuse collector operated defib. If Accy is anything to go by they would be bound to make more mess than they assist with. Not only will we have paper, tins and plastic bottles blowing all over the borough, but we will also have to contend with the ripped clothing of the defib victims.:D For anyone who is interested, there is an emergency defib at Asda. The heart start people have planted these defibs in strategic points all over Lancs

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thats nice to know that asda are taking part , why does'nt 1 shop every 200 yards display a sign "DEFIB IN HERE WITH TRAINED PERSONNEL" ihave been on the reveiving end of 2 heart attacks and attend heartbeat in preston where they work constantly to rehabilitate heart patients and educate potential patients come on everybody on accyweb lets make accy the safest place to have a heart attack.

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hope its not the geengrocery staff

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