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Medical Emergencies on trains

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pethadine82

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Travelling back from Doncastor on an East Coast Service and urgent announcement was made if a doctor or other medically qualified person was present to deal with a medical emergency.

Luckily there was and paramedics were waiting at Peterborough.

I have had CPR training with use of an AED (automatic external defibrillator )
Are train guards given CPR training?
AEDs are present in a lot of public locations including stations. Are they present on some trains?
If someone is having a cardiac arrest basic CPR will give them 10% chance of survival. With an AED that's brought to 85%.
Thoughts welcome.
 
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