Having identified a growing prevalence of heart disease in coastal communities, the Seafarers Hospital Society has launched a Defibrillator Project, with funding from the UK Department for Transport via the Merchant Navy Welfare Board. This project builds on the success of a pilot project conducted by SHS and the NHS in 2022 and aims to install 20 Lifeline Automated External Defibrillators (AED) in ports and seafarer centers across the UK by the end of 2023.
The choice to install AEDs comes as a...