TAYLOR Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to a convenience store near its recently completed Bankfield Brae development in the Greendykes area of Edinburgh.
The defibrillator is located near the main entrance of the Costcutter store on the corner of Pringle Terrace and Greendkyes Road.
As part of a joint initiative with the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the homebuilder is donating potentially life-saving PADs to communities around the UK to help people who suffer from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
During 2019, the BHF worked with Taylor Wimpey to train its employees in CPR skills and provide every one of their building sites in the UK with a defibrillator. Taylor Wimpey is donating the defibrillators to local communities once their developments are completed.
The firm has also committed to ensuring all of its defibrillators are registered on The Circuit, the national defibrillator network. Data on defibrillators registered on The Circuit are visible on the despatch systems used by 999 call handlers. So, when a cardiac arrest occurs, the dispatcher can direct bystanders to the nearest defibrillator.
Peter Goldie, regional health, safety and environmental advisor for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, said, “It’s so important to us that we give something back to the communities where we are building. Our partnership with the BHF is vitally important in helping to ensure that more defibrillators are available for people who might need them, and we are proud to be able to make this equipment readily accessible in the Greendykes area of Edinburgh.”
