New Public Access Defibrillator at the Ty Nant Inn

The Ty Nant Inn are delighted to announce that they have had a life saving Defibrillator fitted to the entrance to the pub. A defibrillator is a device that gives a high-energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. This high-energy shock is called defibrillation, and it is an essential part in trying to save the life of someone who is in cardiac arrest.

Defibrillation is received in less than 1 out of 10 cases. There are an estimated 100,000 defibrillators in the UK, but only 30% of defibrillators are known to ambulance services, which means that tens of thousands of defibrillators are not used in an emergency because emergency services do not know where they are.

We have the defibrillator fitted to the entrance to the pub where it is accessible to everyone in the community. We hosted a full training session with Calon Hearts for all staff members and locals who wished to attend. It was a great way to gather people together and understand how a Defibrillator works to help save lives. The defibrillator will analyse the heart’s rhythm. Stop CPR and make sure no one is touching the casualty. It will then give a series of visual and verbal prompts that should be followed. If the defibrillator tells you that a shock is needed, tell people to stand back. The defibrillator will tell you when to press the shock button.

We hosted several Charity Quiz nights and raffles with our local quizmaster Geoff Bodman who has been amazing in raising awareness and creating fun quizzes to raise much-needed funds for Calon Hearts and Welsh Hearts. We are extremely grateful to have him as part of our team in raising money for well-deserved charities.

We raised a fantastic amount in doing Quizzes and having collection points at the pub and each team member going beyond in collecting for this much needed defibrillator.

After having a chat with Local couple John & Karen and telling them about our goal, they without hesitation offered to donate half of funds to Calon Hearts.

John & Karen have had their own experience and we could see this was something that was extremely close to them.

‘’Ours is but a small part to play in bringing this device here in that all we have done is to bridge a funding gap and thereby speed up the process. The main thanks should go Luci & her team here at the Ty Nant and of course also to Calon Hearts. Luci did the hard work in setting up this fund raising campaign and thereby raising awareness for the need of defibrillators in the community. The patrons here at the Ty Nant gave generously largely down to Calon Hearts as the charity backing this campaign. Many people who suffer a full cardiac arrest are sadly not going to survive whilst waiting for an ambulance whereas an accessible defibrillator in the community can revive them and keep them alive until medical help arrives.

I was lucky that in 2015, a close neighbour who was a 1st year medical student administered CPR and was able to resuscitate me. The nearest defibrillator was a long way away.

Every community should have one and now that this community has, it is important to raise awareness of its existence as well as its location. Very well
done to Luci & Calon Hearts.’’

Note from the RMA Web Team

This new public access defibrillator at the Ty Nant Inn in Morganstown is in addition to the one installed on Station Road (outside Radyr Eyecare) in 2016 by the fundraising efforts of the RMA and a device stored inside the entrance to the Old Church Rooms (available whenever the building is occupied).

Each device can be accessed in an emergency by phoning 999 once at the storage box. The operator will then provide the code to access this emergency lifesaving equipment.