Heartguard

“The most important person when a victim’s heart stops is the person who witnesses the event, not the doctors, hospital consultants, nurses or paramedics. If the witness does not immediately start and maintain emergency life support the victim will definitely die, regardless of how excellent the eventual treatment given by the medical professionals. Remember you could be that important person”

Welcome to the Heartguard web site

Heartguard was set up in 1978 by Professor Douglas Chamberlain, the then Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

• To date we have trained over 100,000 Personnel
• The Heartguard Community Resuscitation Scheme now covers all of Sussex.
• Heartguard was the first community resuscitation training scheme in the country.

We offer...

• EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING
• EXTENDED EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING
• AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) TRAINING

These courses can be tailored to meet your needs Heartguard's course content follow the guidelines and recommendations published by the Resuscitation Council (UK).

You can find out more on their web site: http://www.resus.org.uk/siteindx.htm

We should all learn how to save a life:

70% of people performing life support are trying to save the life of a friend or relative.

"The most important person when a victim’s heart stops is the person who witnesses the event, not the doctors, hospital consultants, nurses or paramedics.

If the witness does not immediately start and maintain emergency life support the victim will definitely die, regardless of how excellent the eventual treatment given by the medical professionals.

Remember you could be that important person"

Find out more on our Heart Attack Symptoms and Action to Take page.