Welshpool initiative trains up 14 more lifesavers

An ongoing community programme to teach basic lifesaving skills has put 14 members of Leighton WI into the community who are now able to sustain life until the paramedics arrive.

Welshpool Roteract has provided the ladies with the knowledge and confidence to perform effective Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and to use one of the public access defibrillators in the wall-mounted boxes around the town after they undertook the two-hour session and learned what to do in the event of a cardiac arrest.

The community project, organised by retired Community First Responder Mike Lade and President of the Welshpool Rotaract club, aims to train ordinary people in the Welshpool area on how to become ‘lifesavers’.

The session is run by serving and retired responders who have the experience of doing it for real.

Mr Lade said: “After the session, everyone was equipped with the skills, but more importantly, the confidence to use a defibrillator available in accessible boxes on walls and in redundant telephone kiosks in the communities.

If you would like your own free session in your own village to empower more people able to use these skills, then please contact Mr Lade through 07803 038858 or via email at mikelade1975@gmail.com.

The new Rotaract club welcomes anyone of 18+ who wishes to drop in to an informal meeting to learn more about this Rotary membership option for a modern generation. They meet on the second and fourth Tuesday in the month at the back bar of The Royal Oak from 6-7pm, but always check as they also have social evenings at other places.

Zoom is also used for meetings for anyone who can’t attend in person for whatever reason.

PICTURE: The new lifesavers in Leighton.