Slough Police Station has been fitted with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), thanks to local charity, THROB.

The Heart Rehabilitation Organisation of Berkshire (THROB) has donated an AED and security box to Thames Valley Police which has been fitted on the outside of Slough Police Station and is accessible to the public.

Local delivery Training Officer, Dave Westendorp based at Slough Police Station said: “AEDs are a vital piece of equipment for the community. Defibrillation within three to five minutes of cardiac arrest can produce survival rates as high as 50-70 per cent. Each minute of delay of defibrillation reduces the probability of survival to hospital discharge by ten per cent*.”

Supt Gavin Wong from Slough Police Station said: “We are extremely grateful to THROB for donating this lifesaving AED, which benefits the whole community and my thanks to Dave for organising this.”

Lynn Warner, THROB Chairman said: “We were very happy to support Slough Police Station in providing the AED for the benefit of the local area. As a place of safety and one which the public would naturally go to for help, the police station seems the ideal placement for a defibrillator. We have supplied 18 AEDs throughout the area in various sports facilities, to first responders and we know that the residents of Berkshire have already benefited greatly from them.”

THROB raises funds for rehabilitation equipment and services to benefit victims of Coronary Heart Disease now and in the future. Since its inception in 1991, THROB has raised over £250,000 for equipment and services to the community, including Wexham Park, Heatherwood and St Marks Hospitals.